Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2023, 01:17 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2023, 12:59 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2023, 12:40 PM
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A word on RHOMPHAIA and...
A word on RHOMPHAIA and fromhttps://periklisdeligiannis.wordpress.com/2013/09/01/the-byzantineeastern-roman-rhomphaia/I QUOTE"Modern researchers of medieval military history often wonder what was the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2023, 12:16 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th January 2023, 12:01 PM
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Khopesh.
This bronze khopesh, or...
Khopesh.
This bronze khopesh, or sickle-sword, was found near Jerusalem and dates to the Late Bronze Age, circa 1500 B.C. The sword is sharpened on the outer edge of the curved portion of the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2023, 09:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2023, 08:45 PM
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AND...Please see...
AND...Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scythe_sword
QUOTE; Scythe sword
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The scythe sword of Thomas Müntzer and a representation of the "summer"...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2023, 08:38 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th January 2023, 05:55 PM
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The Scythe as a weapon.
I recently attended a most interesting course on scythe use as a tool for cutting the grass... and the group then commenced work in tidying up one of the ancient church yards of Saint Cuthbert over...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2023, 01:35 AM
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In addition I think Wiki makes a further ...
In addition I think Wiki makes a further statement
thus I QUOTE"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rejaf
The Lado Enclave
Main article: Battle of Rejaf
Francis Dhanis, ca. 1900
In...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st January 2023, 12:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th December 2022, 08:01 PM
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The Mussandam Axe.
An interesting Oman Observer article notes QUOTE "The men carry a walking stick, called a Yurth (Jerz), rather than a khanjar, the distinguishing feature of which is the handle, which is a small...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
10th December 2022, 11:45 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
10th December 2022, 05:27 PM
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Hirz/Lucky Charm boxes
These are probably...
Hirz/Lucky Charm boxes
These are probably Yemeni in a typically less pure silver which actually makes for a harder metal. Number 1 is a lucky charm pendant with a figure 5 geometric arrangement...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th December 2022, 07:35 PM
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see...
see https://digitaltmuseum.no/021028787413/karde/media?slide=4 for another...
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Forum: European Armoury
7th December 2022, 04:44 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
7th December 2022, 03:36 PM
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Here it is...Please see...
Here it is...Please see https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/539235755356190900/ Interesting with its apparent Nimcha style Quillons and hand guard.
Regards,
Peter Hudson.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th December 2022, 07:15 PM
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It appears to be the invincible Durga The...
It appears to be the invincible Durga The Goddess... with anything up to 18 arms a formidable warrior indeed... I noted; Durga is nearly always shown either mounting or taming a lion or a tiger. The...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2022, 04:44 PM
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The muddle is best seen at...
The muddle is best seen at https://core.ac.uk/reader/161102560
while the full story is worth looking at...even if the mathematics are a puzzle...The familytree does however seem to be pointing at...
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Forum: European Armoury
6th December 2022, 01:21 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th December 2022, 07:13 PM
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I think its a shield with artwork from the...
I think its a shield with artwork from the Ramayama ...When Rama hears Sita has been taken, he and his brother Lakshman set off on a quest to save her. On their journey, Rama and Lakshman travel to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th December 2022, 06:09 PM
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Islamic Jewellery.
I note some coins in your group display a Tugra which marks them as Ottoman Turkish though they could be reproductions as this was normal.. The beads are likely to be agate or carnelian and often...
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Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania
5th December 2022, 05:45 PM
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This is A Makara ...or a Yali. Both can be...
This is A Makara ...or a Yali. Both can be portrayed in hundreds of slightly different ways and some are simply brackets while others are waterspout heads...and as dagger or sword hilts. I would...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th December 2022, 07:49 PM
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In tryng to get an angle on the English Army...
In tryng to get an angle on the English Army ORBAT ..I refer readers to
http://home.mysoul.com.au/graemecook/Renaissance/06_English.htm
and I QUOTE" CAVALRY ; Early to late 16thC 'Men at...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd December 2022, 10:10 PM
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