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It is the ancient Japanese art of sword drawing and you can learn how to do it in Peterborough, Ont. “Iaido is a Japanese martial art that dates back many centuries and for some people, ...
Archaeologists have found four “excellently preserved” ancient Roman swords in a cave near the En Gedi Nature Reserve, which overlooks the Dead Sea in the Judean Desert, and is under the ...
In this fascinating video, we explore the ancient art of sword making by forging a traditional Wakizashi from WOOTZ steel, crafted from nothing more than rusty springs. WOOTZ steel, famed for its ...
The tabletop role-playing game Sword Loser gets adults over their art anxieties, with a play time of 20 minutes to an hour.
A sword more than 1,000 years old emerged intact recently from a sword in a river on a private estate near Utrecht, the ...
The ancient art of sword swallowing may seem like some sort of elaborate trick—but it’s very, very real (and very, very dangerous).
The famous ancient Durandal sword, which is also called the French version of King Arthur’s legendary “Excalibur”, had a mysterious disappearance after remaining lodged in a rock for the ...
Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...
Apollo’s next fully-curated, no-reserve event, an Ancient Art, Antiquities and Militaria Auction, will take place on Saturday and Sunday, July 13-14 and features a wealth of exquisite and well ...
The iron is barely corroded due to the oxygen-poor environment of the wet soil it was buried in, and traces of the wooden ...
In her conclusions, Michel encourages archaeologists and scholars of ancient art to reconsider the gender connotations associated with weapons, proposing that the automatic association of swords with ...
Gold signet rings. Silver cups. A bronze suit of armour. A helmet of wild boar’s teeth. A gold-covered sword. And then there were the embellishments: 1000 beads carved from precious stones ...