Bronze medal

people who lived in the general vicinity of england and some of the germanic areas and Im pretty sure you know what armour and weapons are, so I will just get to it. The first subject will be swords or “sweord” in old english it originated during the bronze age which is around 1600 B.C., the sword evolved from the dagger later turning into tons of various swords such as the rapier, cutlass, zweihander, sabers and the list can go on forever. Rapiers are a very long and thin sword that are meant…

Skeletal remains from Lofkënd, Corinth, Epidamnus, and Apollonia were examined to determine if the null hypothesis of changes in physical activity levels, as evidenced by osteoarthritis in human skeletons is correct. This research will test the null hypothesis that physical activity levels, as evidenced by osteoarthritis in human skeletons, remained constant at Epidamnus, and Apollonia, Albania during Greek colonial expansion (620 BCE-229 BCE). The assemblages for each site was first divided…

Bronze, plaster, copper, or marble the sculptures dispersed throughout the campus stand as a symbol of pride for the campus and bring unspeakable beauty throughout. When walking along the campus you can see many different types of art and observe many differ artists work. As you walking past Parks Library though one piece stands out among others. The Left Sided Angel, a cast bronze sculpture made by Stephen De Staebler brought to Iowa State University in 1986 commissioned by phi kappa phi honors…

evidence for the argument of a Mycenaean invasion, as it is generally believed it replaced the pre-existing Linear A script. Cline, E. H. 2010. The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean (ca. 3000-1000BC), New York, Oxford University Press. In this article Cline…

they were sharpened on stone. Egyptians generally used long handled spears to capture prey. They were the first to attach wooden handles to their stone blades. The Egyptians primarily used knives for skinning and cutting meat. Greeks made knives of bronze that were used in Asia and Europe during the time period of the 8th to the 6th century B.C. Steel blades arrived during the time of the Romans. Steel dominates the material in blades used today. During the Middle Ages table knives did not…

the countries south of the Sahara, Nigeria dominates in the production of sculptured antiquities as it possesses nine-tenths of sculptures aged at greater than a century. The ancient city of Benin in Southern Nigeria has been revered as a source of bronze and ivory sculptures so elegantly crafted that Meyerowitz (1943) describes them as technically perfect. However, after the Benin Massacre and artifact looting of 1897, thousands of these sculptures were…

approximately 10 tons of copper and 1 ton of tin (the oldest that has ever been retrieved in its raw form) were discovered within the wreckage. These two materials when alloyed together would have made around 11 tons of bronze, an alloy that is strongly identified with the Bronze Age (Pulak…

There are two important sites where Lower Paleolithic tools were found and they are called Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 (“Toro-Moyano, Isidro”). Barranco León and Fuente Nueva 3 are located near the town of Orce in Spain. (“Toro-Moyano, Isidro”). Barranco León was first excavated in 1994 and Fuente Nueva 3 was excavated in 1995, both of these sites were still getting excavated in the mid 2000’s (“Schick, Kathy, and Nicholas Toth”). Since 1994 to 2004, 69% of the raw materials that were found…

hallettmarble.com.au - Difference Between a Stonemason and a Master Stonemason Stonemasonry is the craft that includes the cutting, shaping and polishing of raw stone using hand tools or machines. People who practice this craft are called stonemasons, but there are various levels of achievement within this profession, namely apprenticeship, journeyman and master. While the lower two ranks are both considered a stonemason, and the highest rank is called a master stonemason. These ranks began…

Dongson Drums: A Snapshot of the Village Life in Bronze Age Vietnam Thesis Statement: Although many scholars believe that the feathered figures on the drums are depictions of ancestor figures, ethnographic evidences from the Karen’s use of the drum and the Toraja’s funeral rites suggest that the images engraved on the drums are mere portrayals of village life in Dongson. Located in the Hong (Red) River valley, the Dongson society is said to be highly dependent on water for agricultural purposes.…