Weapon Wednesday
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Weapon Wednesday: the "djanbīyya" dagger
Posted: October 9, 2013 - 08:43 , by Robert Mason
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World Culture, Weapon Wednesday
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The Middle Eastern two-edged curved dagger is one of the most recognizable weapon forms. Typically it is known by the Arab term djanbīyya sometimes Anglicised as "jambiya", or also often the Arabic term khandjar, but these curved daggers are found across the Middle East.
Weapon Wednesday: a Romano-Egyptian sword hilt
Posted: September 25, 2013 - 08:41 , by Robert Mason
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A look at a cast bronze sword hilt, acquired before 1910 in Cairo by Charles Currelly and presently in the Eaton Gallery of Rome.
Weapon Wednesday
Posted: September 18, 2013 - 08:30 , by Robert Mason
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Weapons are one of the most politically-incorrect subjects there are, associated with brutality and violence. But they are also important, and have often defined the cultures that made them....
