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[12] [13] One extraordinary find is an ancient weapon known as a dolphin, a 100-kilogram (220 lb) lead bulb tipped with an iron spike, intended to be dropped from the ship’s yardarm through the deck and hull of an attacking vessel. [14] This is the only example of a war dolphin ever discovered. [15]
The term also applies to a small mace or club equipped with spikes, attached to one arm of the wielder by a strap of adjustable length to enable the weapon to be retrieved after it had been hurled at an enemy. Its use probably goes back to the Osci tribe of southern Italy. [1] The weapon is also described as a dart [2] and as a throwing stick ...
For weapons developed after c. 500AD see Category:Medieval weapons. ... Pages in category "Ancient weapons" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 ...
This weapon is said to possess the power to destroy entire solar system or Brahmand, the 14 realms according to Hindu cosmology. Brahmashirsha Astra, It is thought that the Brahmashirsha Astra is the evolution of the Brahmastra, and 4 times stronger than Brahmastra. The weapon manifests with the four heads of Lord Brahma as its tip. When it ...
The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. The spears are among the oldest hunting weapons discovered and were found together with animal bones and stone and bone ...
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Shown on Tropaeum Traiani Metope. The rhomphaia (Ancient Greek: ῥομφαία) was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350-400 BC. Rhomphaias were weapons with a straight or slightly curved single-edged blade.
However, the location in a swamp and the lack of any ornaments or pottery made a cemetery unlikely, as local preference at the time was for dry ground burials. The victims were mostly male and between 20 and 40 years of age, killed by a variety of weapons and wounds, therefore mass human sacrifice seemed unlikely. [8] [2]