During an underwater excavation in the port of Acre (Akko), conducted in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island, archaeologists discovered a rare ampulla—a small lead bottle from the ...
Dr. Fulton (University of British Columbia), a specialist on medieval military practice, gives us a comprehensive survey of siege operations during Crusades, from the Christian capture of Nicaea in ...
Concentric castles - with two curtain (outer) walls - were developed during the crusades, and these ideas ... weapon when successfully retaking Acre from the Crusaders in 1291.