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Society Convention / Ecorcheurs Hundred Years War s...
Last post by Bohemond - Today at 06:24 AMI am offering to run a learning session of this new game designed by historianinharness@gmail.com - Dr Rob Jones. I have played it with the author a couple of times at wargames shows. I can take a maximum of 4 players for this exercise. I lack experience with the system, though. Has anyone attending the Convention played it and would like to join in in order to support me?
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Ancient and Medieval History / Hittite royal archive unearthe...
Last post by nikgaukroger - Today at 04:49 AM #3
Battle Reports / Re: Optio at ICON
Last post by Justin Swanton - Oct 08, 2026, 11:59 PMQuote from: dwkay57 on Oct 08, 2026, 01:09 PMInteresting battle in terms of the Roman confidence rising and falling. The legions seemed to take quite a battering and might have welcomed some support on the right flank to turn the battle.They were doing their own thing. We were in a room with (I think) Magic the Gathering players. Several normal-looking visitors came by to watch our games.
Did any of the "zany" visitors take an interest in the "two old dudes playing with toy soldiers"?
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...
Last post by stevenneate - Oct 08, 2026, 09:39 PMQuote from: Jim Webster on Oct 08, 2026, 07:40 PMSomewhat ironic it was found by the military during mine clearance
May have discovered the world's oldest landmines as well?
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...
Last post by Imperial Dave - Oct 08, 2026, 07:50 PMWow
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Oldest gun found in South ...
Last post by Jim Webster - Oct 08, 2026, 07:40 PMSomewhat ironic it was found by the military during mine clearance
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Ancient and Medieval History / Re: Ur III period tablets reve...
Last post by Sharur - Oct 08, 2026, 07:23 PMAnd happy to find there's a link to the full Open Access paper at the end of that page too!
Especially intrigued by the name of one of the scribes(?), Ur-Guedena, since "Guedena" was the name of one of the key places that led to warfare between the city-states of Lagash and Umma around the later-mid 3rd millennium BCE (as I noted back in Slingshot 257). Of course, that needn't mean anything beyond someone bearing a name after a place - plenty of those around modernly, after all, but interesting all the same. Well, to me, anyway!
Especially intrigued by the name of one of the scribes(?), Ur-Guedena, since "Guedena" was the name of one of the key places that led to warfare between the city-states of Lagash and Umma around the later-mid 3rd millennium BCE (as I noted back in Slingshot 257). Of course, that needn't mean anything beyond someone bearing a name after a place - plenty of those around modernly, after all, but interesting all the same. Well, to me, anyway!
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Ancient and Medieval History / Warrior burial in North Macedo...
Last post by Duncan Head - Oct 08, 2026, 07:03 PM #9
Ancient and Medieval History / Sunken Silk Road city found
Last post by Duncan Head - Oct 08, 2026, 07:01 PMhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/lost-sunken-silk-road-city-found-under-kyrgyzstans-largest-lake-what-happened-to-the-important-trade-center-and-connecting-link-between-china-and-the-mediterranean/articleshow/134761133.cms
Under Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. The city name is unknown, and so is how it was submerged.
Under Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan. The city name is unknown, and so is how it was submerged.
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Ancient and Medieval History / Fortified Teutonic Order15th c...
Last post by Duncan Head - Oct 08, 2026, 06:59 PMhttps://archaeologymag.com/2026/10/15th-century-windmill-and-fortifications-at-puck/
Found in (what is now) northern Poland.
Found in (what is now) northern Poland.