Taking a castle by siege was never as easy as roll...  ...Stirling Castle in 1304, he ordered that thirteen trebuchets be built. Hauling in the supplies and building th...  ...d had invested so much time and treasure into his trebuchets that he was gleefully looking forward to using th...  ...hines at Popular Me...

Advances in weaponry during the Middle Ages made it easier for humans to slash, stab, flay, crush and chop each other into bits on the battlefield, which is why fantasy and history nerds still think medieval warfare is k...

(YouTube link) Mark Winkler spent six months building a machine to fling watermelons and fireballs, just for kicks. Link...