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The origin of the name "Damascus Steel" is contentious. Islamic scholars al-Kindi (full name Abu Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, circa 800 CE – 873 CE) and al-Biruni (full name Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, circa 973 CE – 1048 CE) both wrote about swords and steel made for swords, based on their surface appearance, geographical location of production or forging, or the name of the ...
Sword of Light: A sword that allowed Zordon to transfer the powers of Rangers to new chosen Rangers. He uses it on Jason Lee Scott, Zack Taylor , and Trini Kwan in order to make Rocky DeSantos, Adam Park , and Aisha Campbell the new Red, Black, and Yellow Rangers.
The Devil's Sword (1984) The NeverEnding Story (1984) Sword of the Valiant (1984) The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984) Barbarian Queen (1985) The Black Cauldron (1985, animated) Ladyhawke (1985) Legend (1985) Red Sonja (1985) Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985) Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985) Amazons (1986) Highlander (1986) The Barbarians ...
She (1984 film) Sheba and the Gladiator; Siege of Syracuse (film) Sinbad of the Seven Seas; Sins of Rome; The Slave (1962 film) Slave of Rome; Slave Women of Corinth; Sodom and Gomorrah (1962 film) Son of Samson; The Sons of Hercules; Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators; The Sword and the Cross; The Sword of the Barbarians; Sword of the Empire
Damascene (pigeon) Damascus goat; John of Damascus (c. 676-749), Syrian Christian monk and priest; Materials technologies evoking the visual texture of Damascus steel: Damascening, of inlaying different metals into one another; Damask, a reversible figured fabric; Damascene patterning, a manufacturing process used to pattern copper into microchips
The English term comes from a perceived resemblance to the rich tapestry patterns of damask silk. The term is also used to describe the use of inlaid copper interconnects in integrated circuits. As its name suggests, damascene gets its name from Damascus , Syria and the ancient artisans that created and exported this craft.
The Sword of Triton - Blackbeard's sword, later wielded by Hector Barbossa with magical properties that first appears in the 2011 film Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. According to the film's visual guide, the Sword of Triton was forged in the lost city of Atlantis as well as commands and channels unearthly and mystical power that ...
John of Damascus or John Damascene, born Yūḥana ibn Manṣūr ibn Sarjūn, [a] was an Assyrian Christian monk, priest, hymnographer, and apologist.He was born and raised in Damascus c. AD 675 or AD 676; the precise date and place of his death is not known, though tradition places it at his monastery, Mar Saba, near Jerusalem, on 4 December AD 749. [5]