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 ...
Archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old lead bullet in the Holy Land with a darkly sarcastic inscription in Greek.
No one wants to get pelted by a rock, much less one inscribed with an infuriating taunt. Nevertheless, the unwanted ...
Of the many lead sling bullets discovered at Hippos over the last 26 years, this is the first to carry a message of some kind ...
This 2,100-year-old lead projectile found in the Golan Heights is inscribed with an ominous warning translated as, "Learn you ...
For millennia, sling bullets served as a hand-thrown projectile that could be used to fend off enemies. At Hippos, 70 sling ...
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