In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...

Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. Then they take aim at a straw cylinder 60 feet away. They each have 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes. They ...

In the beginning, there were self bows - bows made from a single piece of wood - longbows and the improved but still primitive recurve bows to sustain millennia of wild-animal-eating humans and their ...

An ancient form of Indonesian archery, known as jemparingan, has been played for centuries around the ancient kingdom of Yogyakarta YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Sitting cross-legged, 68-year-old Supadmi ...

The recurve bow, featuring limbs that curve away from the archer to increase power is the only type of bow allowed in Olympic competition. The lever effect created from a recurve bow can propel arrows ...

Today’s casual archery enthusiast may not realize it, but every time they nock an arrow, they’re taking part in a practice that once helped ensure mankind’s survival. The sport of archery started ages ...

Archery fraternity: The Jemparingan tournament that The Jakarta Post Travel attended was a celebration of the anniversary of the Langenastro archery fraternity, which fell on May 3. Archery fraternity ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about really, really old stuff and its DNA for Forbes. The story of humanity began in Africa. From there, early humans ...

It is about as far from the Olympic sport of archery as it can get. The bow is taller than the person shooting it, and, to the uninitiated, it appears lopsided and unbalanced. There are no sights, no ...

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