A cylindrical scrap of metal that was purchased at a flea market in the United Kingdom for just about $25 is actually a medieval piece of weaponry worth thousands of dollars. The hand cannon, which is ...

No, this isn't the Onion. Cannonballs that were purportedly used by Dracula during the 15th century have been discovered in Bulgaria. Researchers have found medieval cannonballs from culverins, an ...

Making gunpowder is a bit like cooking, except more explosive. Gunpowder makers in the 14th and 15th centuries used black powder brought to Europe from China, then mixed its three ingredients together ...

I wonder if they were trying to make shaped charges or just placing omnidirectional explosives in strategic locations (or even artificially creating confinement). Brass was better (and more expensive) ...

When images of the Middle Ages are conjured up, guns, cannons, and other gunpowder weapons rarely come to mind. In fact, most people would understandably be mistaken for believing that firearms only ...

In the world of medieval literature and linguistics, Chris Cannon is a self-described "anti-foundationalist." He digs down into bedrock understandings within these scholarly areas, and then challenges ...

Your goal in Cannon Crasha is simple: Destroy the castle on the right side of the screen while protecting the castle on the left side of the screen. There's a relatively disposable story that is ...