Archaeologists discovered an iron cannonball near the Alamo Church in San Antonio that may have played a role in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo.

Archaeologists say the iron cannonball was likely fired during the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and remained undisturbed where it ...

Thursday marks the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, where the Mexican army's rout of Texas revolutionaries would later inspire the fateful defeat of Mexican forces under the battle cry ...

Wars may be a vital part of history, but they mostly remain in books. In the rare moments when they materialise through ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Alamo has acquired a rare swivel cannon used during the historic 1836 Battle of the Alamo, bringing the total number of battle-used cannons in its collection to 11. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A crate holding the letter written by Alamo commander Lt. Colonel William Barret Travis is carried Alamo Rangers toward the Alamo ...

Most tourists don't realize it, but in addition to being one of the most-visited sites in the United States, the Alamo is also an active archeological site. And during its newest excavation, it ...

TEXAS (KFDX/KJTL) — An archaeology team here in Texas has found a second relic — both of which can be traced to the "Battle of the Alamo" era. This is the second cannonball the team has discovered at ...

The Alamo’s archaeology staff recently unearthed a cannonball they say was likely used by the Mexican Army during the siege that culminated in the Battle of the Alamo. They found the four-pound, fully ...

Texans have remembered the Alamo for 190 years, but the state's revolution appears to be a blip in Mexico's centuries-long ...

A fully-intact cannonball from the Battle of the Alamo era has been discovered the famous Texas historic site in San Antonio. The Alamo's archaeology team unearthed the new find on March 5, the eve of ...

Nearly two centuries after its days in warfare, a 90-pound cannon from the Battle of the Alamo has been resting in a pool of sodium hydroxide solution at Texas A&M University. The cannon, originally a ...