Ancient 'machine gun' possibly used in Siege of Pompeii

An archaeological study using 3D reconstructions suggests that over 2000-year-old marks on the walls of Pompeii were made by a polybolos, an ancient predecessor to the modern machine gun.

Post Share

Sources

Showing 0 of 1 sources

No articles available in your preferred languages.

1 article available in other languages below.

observadorPortuguese3h ago

"Metralhadora" antiga terá sido usada no cerco de Pompeia

Estudo arqueológico com reconstituições 3D sugere que marcas com mais de 2000 anos nas muralhas de Pompeia terão sido disparados por um polybolos — antecessor da metralhadora moderna.

Read full article →

PERSPECTA

PERSPECTA

Ancient 'machine gun' possibly used in Siege of Pompeii

Sources

"Metralhadora" antiga terá sido usada no cerco de Pompeia

Related Stories

Study Links Higher Temperatures to Decline in Male Births

Study Links Higher Temperatures to Decrease in Male Births

Guterres and WMO Declare Global Climate in State of Emergency

Fallout from Paul Ehrlich's 'The Population Bomb' and its connection to the Suez Crisis

PERSPECTA