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B. Fulton
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Pics from the Louvre are going up now. Bronze Age axe and spearheads, daggers, swords, the khopeshes someone was looking for, Greek armor, and a wide variety of other stuff.
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Bruno Giordan
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| Posted: Mon 12 May, 2008 11:02 am Post subject: |
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| B. Fulton wrote: | | The Musee de Cluny pics went up, which has some late Viking and 1100-1200 period swords, a Hungarian shield which was very "odd" (can't remember seeing one like it before) and some other interesting blades and things. |
great, simply great
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Jeroen Zuiderwijk
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| B. Fulton wrote: | | Pics from the Louvre are going up now. Bronze Age axe and spearheads, daggers, swords, the khopeshes someone was looking for, Greek armor, and a wide variety of other stuff. |
YES!!!!! Fantastic stuff, exactly what I was looking for and more! Thanks so much for all the effort! Now there's going to be one or two more khopeshes on my book shelf some time in the future 
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B. Fulton
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Not being a real Bronze Age man, I have to admit..... some of their designs are incredibly beautiful and well made. Some of their daggers, in modern steel, I would have absolutely no problem carrying today into battle (and in my case, this is not a theoretical discussion).. The dimensions, shape and overall look appear to be very well thought out.
Glad I could help on the khopeshes.
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G Ezell
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Location: North Alabama Joined: 22 Dec 2003
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B. Fulton
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I don't remember offhand, i'll have to check but I believe it was in the Mesopotamian collection.
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G Ezell
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I would appreciate it very much if you could.
I'm almost willing to bet its european...
(crosses fingers)
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Tue 16 Sep, 2008 10:50 am Post subject: |
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As far as I can tell from the photos before and after it, it is indeed in the Mesopotamian area. Still looking for any infocard pic.
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Frances Perry
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Not sure if I'm coming into this too late, but if you find any time whilst you are in York, and are a little 'weaponed-out' from all those museums, I can heartily recommend making a short visit to Barley Hall in York - a 15th century townhouse which has been preserved and restored to it's former splendour.
A lovely little place to see : http://www.barleyhall.org.uk/
“In these modern times, many men are wounded for not having weapons or knowledge of their use.”
- Achille Marozzo, 1536
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B. Fulton
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| Posted: Thu 18 Sep, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Long out of date, we were there in March. Sorry.
We managed to visit the keep, a couple museums,etc but with limited time available, we did the best we could.
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