Whistling sling bullets haven't been found at any other Roman sites, but ceramic sling bullets with holes punched out have been discovered at battle sites in Greece from the second and third centuries ...

Tribal warriors who faced an opposing Roman army in battle almost 2,000 years ago were stricken down by a hail of bullets as powerful as those in a modern handgun. That is the finding of research ...

A bloody assault by Roman legions on a hill fort in Scotland around 1,800 years ago is being pieced together using the remains of Roman missile weapons that were used in the attack. The excavations at ...

A collection of whistling bullets used 1,800 years ago by the Romans to incite fear into their enemies has been found on a hill in Scotland. The bullets had tiny holes in them that allowed them to ...

The dig discovered dozens of the Roman sling bullets at the site in the south of Scotland A cache of more than 180 Roman lead sling bullets - thought to be the largest ever found in Britain - has been ...

Ancient sling stonesDr. Dalia Manor, the Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures in Be’er Sheva In a surprising turn of events, an antiquities robber last week handed in two 2,000-year-old Roman ...

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These lead sling-bolts were found at Birrens Roman Fort, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, and were picked by Helen Green, third year student at the University of Glasgow (Single Honours Archaeology).

Some of the Roman sling bullets found at the Burnswark Hill battle site in Scotland. The two smallest bullets, shown at the bottom of this image, are drilled with a hole that makes them whistle in ...

Sling weapon secrets Whistling sling bullets haven't been found at any other Roman sites, but ceramic sling bullets with holes punched out have been discovered at battle sites in Greece from the ...