It's back to the future': the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
A full-scale 13th-century castle has been reconstructed by hand using only medieval tools and locally sourced materials, becoming an ongoing living laboratory since 1999.
Would You Try Ancient Brain Surgery or Mummify a Fish? Sam Kean DidAll in the Name of Science
Experimental archaeology involves doing things—making things, re-creating things from the past. This hands-on approach understands not just what our ancestors made but how they made it.
I Got to Fire a Trebuchet. It Was Even Greater Than I Ever Imagined.
The trebuchet was the most fearsome weapon of medieval times, a giant catapult that could lay waste to any fortress by battering its walls with boulders.