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Battle Axes
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Canaanite ‘Fenestrated’ Axe Heads
Date: 2400 – 2000 BC. |
Place: Levant
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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Egyptian Bronze Axe Head
Date: 1700 – 1550 BC. Second Intermediate Period Place: Diospolis Parva, Egypt
Photographed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. |
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Stone Axe Moulds
Date: Late Bronze Age. Place: Anatolia (Turkey)
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Photographed at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Istanbul, Turkey.
Bronze Battle Axe
Date: Unknown
Place: Persian - Luristan.
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts, Boston, USA.
Axes like this were used in battle to pierce the armour of an enemy. Following the invention of the helmet, spikes like the four on this axe (now blunt) were added to pierce the helmet. The axe blade was used to cut through the other armour.
Persian Bronze Battle Axe
Date: approx 800 BC.
Place: Persian
Photographed at Bibleworld Museum & Discovery Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand.
Axes like this were used in battle to pierce the armour of an enemy. Following the invention of the helmet, spikes like the four on this axe (now blunt) were added to pierce the helmet. The axe blade was used to cut through the other armour.
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Battle Axe
Date: Unknown |
Place: Unknown
Photographed at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France.