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March 19, 2026

Ancient Greek Slingshot Ammunition with a Message

“Learn!”

It’s not uncommon today for soldiers to write messages on missiles before launching them at enemies. It’s less common for these messages to encourage education. Yet this is what some ancient soldier did with a piece of slingshot ammunition recently discovered near the Sea of Galilee. Rossella Tercatin writes:

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