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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

The discipline involves surveying, excavation, and eventually analysis of data collected, to learn more about the past. In broad scope, archaeology relies on cross-disciplinary research. Read more...

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A Rare Ancient Saber Discovered in Kyrgyzstan (arkeonews.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What in the chicken fried fuck is up with this article?

It scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity and is a good Weapon for high-dexterity characters who can excel at slashing attacks while spinning. A curved sword with a thin blade of ample length. Light of weight despite its larger size, its slicing attacks come in rapid succession. Such sabers were renowned for their sharpness and lethality.

Bro. This isn't D&D. This HAS to be leakage from chat GPT. Sabers (and I think we can safely consider a shamshir in the class of saber, based on its curve and hilt design) were primarily designed for fighting on horseback or camel back. Thats the whole point of the curved design, so that your sword can slice/ slide across an opponent, and not get stuck/ entangled while doing so. Its also what explains their reach/ length.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fr. I paused to check if I was on fextralife or something.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I had to watch some ScholarGladiatoria after reading this to feel clean again.

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