Just a mop to the untrained eye, it excels at tidying up the place. But it owes its sturdy construction to a true craftsman, so it actually has some combat merit. Wooden Mop is a two-handed weapon, ...

This lightweight, simple shield is ideal for less experienced fighters. It can withstand light attacks, but blocking stronger blows is not recommended. As a shield, the Wooden Shield is used for ...

During archaeological excavations in the Schöningen open-cast coal mine in 1994, the discovery of the oldest, remarkably well-preserved hunting weapons known to humanity caused an international ...

A 300,000-year-old wooden stick, one of the oldest weapons ever found, may have been thrown like a boomerang to stun animals. The first weapons used by ancient humans are likely to have been made from ...

State-of-the-art analysis of a 300,000 wooden throwing found in Germany three decades ago, shows early humans used advanced woodworking techniques. A 300,000-year-old hunting weapon has shone a new ...

For a brief, blazing moment in the age of sail, a single wooden warship could define what “fast” meant on the open ocean, ...

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