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Scythian arrow poison from ArtemisToxia 719 days old
[ ... ] a deadly arrow poison concocted from a mixture of decomposed snake tissues and decomposing human blood! Even if the arrow did not kill outright, ...
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Bows found in Tutankhamun's tomb from ArtemisToxia 738 days old
On the 4th November 1922, Howard Carter uncovered archery equipment in the tomb of Tutankhamun. There were numerous self bows and 27 composite bows and ...
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Tuthmosis III from ArtemisToxia 749 days old
[ ... ] his arrow into the copper with such force that it came out the other side. He had the plate (with the arrow still in it) set up in a temple ...
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Poor defeating the rich from ArtemisToxia 751 days old
The effectiveness of arrows as a weapon should not be underestimated. They enabled archers to kill without ever being engaged by the enemy. This became ...
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The cost of a bow and arrow in Greece from ArtemisToxia 753 days old
Many scholars regard the bow as a poor man’s weapon. In Greece, a bow and quiverful of arrows could cost 2/3 weeks wages but it was still half the price ...
