Ancient weapons made of crystals discovered!
GotH
Cool article. I would love to have a crystal weapon although it sounds like an oxymoron.
MandMaud
Maybe ceremonial only, something like an athame? As burial goods it's a strong possibility.
They are beautiful.
Barleywine
Interesting article . . . until I got to this sentence:
". . . a large number of crystal arrowheads were found together, which be suggestive of a ritual offering at an altar."
Is that how science writers and academics everywhere write and speak these days?
". . . a large number of crystal arrowheads were found together, which be suggestive of a ritual offering at an altar."
Is that how science writers and academics everywhere write and speak these days?
Starshower
That could easily be a typo. Somebody just missed out the 'can'. Proofreading isn't what it was, but that doesn't invalidate the article on its own.
(Now, if an apostrophe appeared in my 'its' above, I would be more cross! )
What an interesting article! Thanks.
(Now, if an apostrophe appeared in my 'its' above, I would be more cross!
)What an interesting article! Thanks.
Padma
Cool knife! I have read that in early Roman times, they believed rock crystal to be ice that never melted. So this would be a real way to "strike ice in the heart of the enemy"!
Barleywine
That could easily be a typo. Somebody just missed out the 'can'. Proofreading isn't what it was, but that doesn't invalidate the article on its own.
(Now, if an apostrophe appeared in my 'its' above, I would be more cross!
What an interesting article! Thanks.
Probably. I figured "be" was the new "is." (Also "am" in common usage.")
MandMaud
(Now, if an apostrophe appeared in my 'its' above, I would be more cross!
You've got the beginnings of a good story there.