Thank you for the additional enlightenment Kamil and Tom.
The bad part about information picked up piecemeal is that when presented by one source there's often no way to really find much additional information without knowing where to begin to search.
Having no knowldege of the Egyptian languege, I just assumed that the author knew what he was talking about.
Now the trick is to follow each term and region and see if any illustrations and /or literature can be found to further ellucidate.
With the sword that I have that was listed as a "kopis", I suspect that in at least the general form that was similar to the Egyptian weapon?
I can see where the "bulls leg" might be used descriptively for that general shape.
As for the two forms Tom mentions, I've honestly never run across anything about either but would love to.
I was also under the illusion that the falcata and the machiera were both uniqely Greek weapons, which would explain the trains of thought suggesting that the blade form was taken into India by Alexander the Great, thus was a likely source for the evolution of the kukri, while the Egyptian "khepesh" would seem to pre-date Greek influence.
Mike
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