St. Augustine ought to post a sign: Dig and expect history. For the about-to-open St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum on Castillo Drive, putting in a wheelchair ramp and a wall turned up artifacts ...

Could a mystery that’s stumped historians for nearly two centuries be solved by internet commenters? The British Library thinks it’s worth a try. It recently asked the web for help in unlocking the ...

“+NDXOXCHWDRGHDXORVI+” — Does that mean anything to you? The British Library has been trying to decipher the inscription on a 13th-century sword, and has come up with nothing. So now it’s your turn to ...

A team of archaeologists in the United Kingdom have unearthed several fragments of ancient bronze weapons on one of the Hebridean islands in Scotland. Members of the RSPB Scotland nature reserve found ...

The bedchamber sword of Tipu Sultan, an 18th-century king famous for the commanding role he played in wars in southern India, has sold for £14 million ($17.4 million) at auction in London. The sale ...

Warriors duelling with bronze swords in the millennia before iron weapons were crafted employed sophisticated fighting methods, a study has found. Researchers assessed the dings and dents on 110 ...