From classroom catapults to trebuchet simulations, siege engine projects blend history, physics, and hands-on creativity. These activities teach energy transformation, structural design, and ...

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The construction of a new administrative building in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, took an unexpected and ...

During prolonged sieges, armies sometimes hurled diseased corpses over city walls to spread fear and illness. These tactics combined psychological warfare with attempts at biological contamination.

From firing eggs out of a trebuchet to a quirky indoor creature trail, visitors to Bamburgh Castle enjoyed the start of an action-packed Easter weekend. Eggs quite literally took flight from a ...

Archaeologists uncovered around 450 medieval cannonballs at a Belgian construction site, calling the discovery in Nieuwpoort "highly unusual." Here are details.

Archaeologists recently uncovered a cache of hundreds of medieval cannonballs at a construction site in Belgium.

Art festivals around the globe have been accused of clearing a path for monied elites to take over. But the city of Coimbra has more radical ambitions ...

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The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place Thursday, May 14, through Saturday, May 16, 2026. Printed programs will be shipped to Congress participants with U.S. addresses in early ...

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