Almost completely intact, including the wooden parts. From one of the terracotta army pits in Xian, so dating to around 200 BCE.
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G. Verloren
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I've always had a soft spot for crossbows (particularly stone bows), so I'm super interested in this find.
For whatever reason I find myself drawn to the "unglamorous", everyday weapons of the masses, rather than the long glorified weapons of the elites. Spears fascinate me more than swords, crossbows more than bows, muskets more than lances, that sort of thing.
1 comment:
I've always had a soft spot for crossbows (particularly stone bows), so I'm super interested in this find.
For whatever reason I find myself drawn to the "unglamorous", everyday weapons of the masses, rather than the long glorified weapons of the elites. Spears fascinate me more than swords, crossbows more than bows, muskets more than lances, that sort of thing.
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