A ' hand cannon ' that attaches a metal barrel to the end of a wooden stick, ignites gunpowder and fires iron balls and stones, was used in Europe in the 14th and 15th centuries. Such a hand ...

The bronze cannon is from "The London," a historic warship that blew up in a gunpowder explosion in 1665. advertisement. Bronze cannon from legendary warship found 360 years after it sank.

The bronze hand cannon was brought at a flea market in Hertfordshire for less than £20. "The seller was unaware of its true context and added it to their rockery as a decorative touch.

A 600-year-old Medieval cannon bought for under £20 from a flea market and used to decorate a garden rockery has fetched £2,600 at auction. The bronze gun powder weapon was used as a garden ...

A 600-year-old medieval hand cannon, which was bought for a modest £20 at a flea market in Hertfordshire, fetched a staggering £2,600 at auction. The owner, who was using the bronze gunpowder ...

The bronze hand cannon was brought at a flea market in Hertfordshire for less than £20. "The seller was unaware of its true context and added it to their rockery as a decorative touch.

An "exceptionally well-preserved" bronze cannon from an iconic ship was recovered from a busy shipping lane after 360 years at the bottom of an England waterway, historians announced this week.

An 18th-century bronze cannon used in the Battle of the Alamo has been the subject of a preservation effort to remove an unusual substance that was growing mysteriously on its surface. The effort ...

A diver has discovered a bronze cannon on the shipwreck of a warship that was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion and sank in 1665. The 17th century ship the London formed part of a convoy sent in ...

Diver Steve Ellis and his team discovered the cannon lying on the seabed in the Thames Estuary, despite visibility which can be as little as 0.5m (1.6ft) A bronze cannon has emerged out of the ...

Inscriptions carved on a 2,100-year-old bronze hand might be the earliest written example of the language that gave rise to modern Basque 1, archaeologists say. Basque — one the oldest living ...