The English longbow was a powerful medieval weapon said to be able to pierce an opponent’s armor and may have been a decisive factor in several key military victories, most notably the Battle of ...

Fire arrows are in everything from Gladiator to Braveheart to Game of Thrones. The good guys stretch their bows in unison and rain flaming death en masse onto the opposing army, looking like total ...

Medieval arrows caused injuries similar to modern gunshot wounds, according to archaeologists analysing newly-discovered human remains. The bones, recovered from a Dominican friary in Exeter, show ...

Medieval Arrows Could Inflict Damage Like Bullets | RealClearScienceA new study led by archaeologists from the University of Exeter clarifies just how destructive the English longbow could be, ...

When you’re tasked with invading a fortified castle, the easiest way to defeat your foes is to burn their home from the inside out. And while we’ve lost some of the medieval skills mastered by our ...

When Stephen Ralphs was 5 years old, he was given a copy of “The Adventures of Robin Hood.” Fifty years later, he found himself on Russell Crowe’s farm in Australia giving private archery lessons in ...

The three people killed by crossbow arrows inside a German hotel room were medieval combat enthusiasts and their deaths have been linked to two more deaths at one of the victim’s apartments several ...

Staten Island, NY - Matrix Games and Slitherine Strategies are thrilled to release the second expansion pack for Field of Glory, entitled Storm of Arrows. Bringing this popular ancient warfare ...

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