Nearly 250 years ago, hundreds of militiamen lined a hillside in Massachusetts and started firing a barrage of musket balls toward retreating British troops, marking the first major battle in the ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

Two musket balls were found in the digs at Culloden, with the one on the left showing signs of impact Two lead musket balls - one showing signs of impact - are among finds made in new ...

The magazine's most-read articles of the year included a close-up look at the adorable yet venomous pygmy slow loris, a ...

Archaeologists and veterans also found musket balls and a cannon ball, which shed new light on the famous battle. Tens of thousands died in the battle, which saw the French army defeated by the ...

In our recent excavations at Achnacon in the glen—16 miles south of Fort William—we discovered a pin for holding on a plaid (a piece of material used to wrap around the body), musket balls ...