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13 hours agoDepot of medieval cannonballs found in Belgium
A cache of nearly 500 medieval cannonballs was discovered in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, indicating a rare artillery depot from the Middle Ages.
The most striking discovery is a concentration of natural stone cannonballs-numbering in the dozens-buried together on the site. These projectiles were commonly used between about 1350 and 1600, a period when gunpowder weapons were becoming increasingly important in European warfare.