Scientists find first human killed by a giant catapult

Scientists find first human killed by a giant catapult

Forget swords, arrows, and getting dramatically thrown from a castle wall. Scientists may have identified something much more brutal in a medieval soldier who appears to have been obliterated by a giant catapult. Researchers studying a 14th-century skeleton found at Stirling Castle in Scotland say the man’s extraordinary collection of fractures is consistent with being struck by a high-speed projectile from a medieval siege engine known as a tre…