"Byzantine Hand Grenades" Topic
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Tango01 | 22 Mar 2019 9:00 p.m. PST |
"In Israel, a Crusades-era hand grenade was found and retrieved from the sea. The family that found the old relic has handed it over to the Israeli Antiquities Authority. It was found in 2016 and is a unique find. Nothing like the ones made today, this grenade was made from heavy clay and is beautifully embossed, it does not explode with shrapnel like the hand grenades of this generation, but it is more like a Molotov cocktail or incendiary grenade. It was filled with naphtha, a flammable sticky liquid known as Greek fire, then sealed and thrown at enemies. Diego Barkan, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority said ‘These hand grenades were being used in the Byzantine and early Islamic period right up until the Ottomans and it is made of a heavy clay and would have been used much like a Molotov cocktail. He went on to say: ‘Inside they would have put alcohol and lit a fuse poked in a hole in the top before throwing it towards the enemy ships.'…"
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BigRedBat | 23 Mar 2019 9:18 a.m. PST |
"Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade…" |
catavar | 23 Mar 2019 11:54 a.m. PST |
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Zephyr1 | 23 Mar 2019 8:35 p.m. PST |
"It was filled with naphtha, a flammable sticky liquid known as Greek fire," Would that it were 'Greek Fire'. Nobody has found the formula to that yet… |
goragrad | 23 Mar 2019 8:59 p.m. PST |
Every reference I have seen gives the filling as 'Greek fire' or naphtha. Alcohol would seem to be less than optimum. |
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