Researchers at the ancient city of Hippos have unearthed a unique lead sling bullet. The bullet itself isn’t so special, but ...

Ancient Greeks often inscribed messages on the objects they shot at their adversaries—in this case, doing so with a warning.

The artifact is the first sling bullet of its kind unearthed at the ancient city of Hippos, though archaeologists have found ...

“Sling bullets were a cheap munition, a hand-thrown projectile, used for millennia,” archaeologist and study co-author ...

Archaeologists have been left stunned after uncovering a 2,000-year-old sling bullet in Israel inscribed with an ominous message. The almond-shaped weapon, measuring 3.2 by 1.95 centimetres, was ...

This 2,100-year-old lead projectile found in the Golan Heights is inscribed with an ominous warning translated as, "Learn you ...