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This is the best single popular history resource I know of, it covers all of Alexanders major battles in some detail and provides a lot of helpful illustrations, maps etc: Amazon.com: Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient...

Well, it seems to be a cultural / military barrier, in all three cases. I wasn't as aware of the trade angle until reading the speigel article, (can you elaborate on that?). But as much as we tend to think of them as the same today, the Scandinavians and Germans are quite different and were even...

Our Swedish friends sword-cam video is going viral :) 180,000 hits now and growing Spinning A Camera On Sword End » Viral Viral Videos you cut me deep shrek you cut me real deep | MetaFilter Quick, Now Run Somebody Through!: Video Camera Taped To The End Of A Sword - Geekologie I know most...

Sounds like a fascinating gig. Would you care to elaborate a bit about Bulgaria today or the history of the 2nd Kingdom? Have you been able to do any touristic exploration or is work taking up all of your time? G.

Ah yes... an interesting character indeed. This period of Bulgarian history is worth learning more about. I'll add him to my (offline) list. G.

And another article on Scotts in Iceland: Unreported Heritage News: Did the Scots visit Iceland? New research reveals island inhabited 70 years before Vikings thought to have arrived

Some more about our friend from Towton: The battle of Towton: Nasty, brutish and not that short | The Economist

Merry Christmas from Krampus! YouTube - Absoisos-Pass wagrain (krampus).mov YouTube - Gangal 1 YouTube - Wuschz'n Pass 2003 YouTube - Re: Krampus attack in Silandro (South Tirol)

This is the website where I found most of those, with more info about the archelogical finds Military Equipment: Decorated Parade Armour

Hey thanks for the e.p. guys :) Here is some more interesting stuff I ran across today. this is creepy, they wore these back in the day... these are real military masks worn by horsemen. imagine some guy wearing that while he comes at you with a lance. Might be a good idea for painting a...

Some backyard tests from a 450 lbs draw "arbalest" (really a small ballista in style if not power) made out of a leaf spring from a minivan, shooting very large bolts. Sorry for some of the cheesy aspects of the video, the penetration seems to be quite good though. YouTube - Great...

Front gate to viking land (through the 20 mile long wall that separated Denmark from Christian Europe) 'Sensational' Discovery: Archeologists Find Gateway to the Viking Empire - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Here is a good article about forensics from the Battle of Towton, during the War of the Roses in the 15th Century The Bloody Cost of Medieval Warfare G.

Medieval Forensics I'm going to post a few links on this subject, here is the first on the famous Wisby battlefield in Gotland in Sweden, from the late 14th Century Wisby Churchmouse: Battle of Visby Burials, Sweden. G.

Found a good new source for costs of weapons and armor in the 15th Century. This book Katalog Wydawnictwa "Ibidem" - Tadeusz Grabarczyk, Piechota zaciężna Królestwa Polskiego w XV w. Has this table in it. http://www.historycy.org/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=10705 Which a guy on another...

This is a bit ponderous but entertaining and full of true facts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqC_squo6X4

I didn't? I'm not sure what you mean by that.....? Anyway Viriathus is on the list already, he's one of my favorites. G.

A mess of messers I posted this to Myarmoury, I thought some people here might be interested as well So I think there was an interesting technical / historical discussion emerging about Messers in the Makers and Manufactuters forum, maybe we can continue that here. I have been interested in...

Spear fighting with slow-motion detail http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=wii9cXNp5M4&gl=US

Similar vid from another angle (with no music, but you can hear the sword which is cool) YouTube - ryrlen's Channel