EditorialDagger, Dagger whose sheath and fittings of the handle are frustrated with gold and silver, as well as the kozuka and kogai., Kunihiro, Japan, 1600, Edo-period (1600-1868), steel (alloy), wood (plant material), gold (metal), silver (metal), l 36.7 cm.
EditorialThe king of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia, Xerxes I (519-465 BC), in 483 BC (Second Persian invasion of Greece) built The Xerxes Canal, navigable canal through the base of the Mount Athos peninsula, northern Greece. The rough sea broke it apart. Fru...