Ancient Discoveries

The oldest known weapon is the staff. Watch with surprising results a comparison test between a staff and a shotgun.

Naval engineering has led the way in technological advances through all History. For the simple reason that if anything goes wrong at sea, you're dead.

Amazingly, the Ancients understood the principles of the modern tank. They combined armor with speed to create the ancient version of the tank--it could stop an onslaught of bullets.

Throughout history man has gone to great lengths to develop the technology of torture.

The Romans created a hydraulic mining system that literally blew millions of tons of material away and ancient sappers dug under mega walls and brought a whole castle down.

The amazing successes and stunning failures of ancient military engineers have directly affected the weapons and tactics we use today.

Might the stories of the Bible have their basis in ancient scientific fact? How big was the giant Goliath, and what was the tech of the sling that brought him down?