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Ancient Egyptian Bronze Dagger
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1182746
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This is an ancient bronze dagger from the middle east, possibly Egypt. The apparent high-copper content of the alloy and the general design put it prior to 1200 BCE.Bronze weapons were not made in ancient Egypt until after 2000 BC near the end of the Old Kingdom. It wasn’t until the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and their subsequent overthrow(circa 1550 BC), that the Egyptians began large scale production of bronze weapons using technologies learned from the Hyksos and neighboring cultures. Consequen ...click for details
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Wester Zhou Openwork Bronze Sword Scabbard
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1145442
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This is an amazing opportunity to own a very rare, large bronze sword scabbard from ancient China. This piece was part of the collection of the late John Piscopo and was marked as being from the Western Zhou Dynasty, though it may be a little later. It appears to be completely intact, and is solid and stable. It measures 9.66 cm across the top opening, 6.25 cm across the shape area and 46 cm in length. It weighs an impressive 983 grams. It has substantial textile pseudomorphs primarily on the so ...click for details
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