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I mean, he only looks that old....

 

This topic has been moved to Weapons and Tactics.

http://soa.org.uk/sm/index.php?topic=7494.0

 

At first glance I misread your title as '7000 year old Maga site' 

While not strictly meeting the criteria for this section, this article contains the relevant source materials and a discussion of them.

ALEXANDER NEVSKII'S "BATTLE ON THE ICE": THE CREATION OF A LEGEND
DONALD OSTROWSKI
Russian History, Vol. 33, No. 2/4, "Festschrift" for NORMAN W. INGHAM (SUMMER-FALL-WINTER 2006 / ÉTÉ-AUTOMNE-HIVER 2006), pp. 289-312


This article is hosted on Jstor.  At the time of writing, it was accessible for free online reading.

This article appealed because of my interest in how the myths of medieval warfare grow up. Here we have a breakdown of how a story evolves within medieval sources, the development of an accepted version and then, due to a dramatic intervention (in this case literally - a film), the main focus of the narrative changes completely.

https://www-heritagedaily-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.heritagedaily.com/2024/05/archaeologists-discover-7000-year-old-neolithic-mega-site/151813/amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17149093040874&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heritagedaily.com%2F2024%2F05%2Farchaeologists-discover-7000-year-old-neolithic-mega-site%2F151813

Mega!

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-amphora-shipwreck-0020712

New and improved.. 

Quote from: Nick Harbud on May 04, 2024, 02:26:00 PM...unless one considers that traditionally leper colonies have been established on remote islands to inhibit spread of the disease amongst the healthy population.

 

While I confess I've heard the IoW described as a 50's theme park, no-one has mentioned it being a leper colony.

Hmmmm. Maybe.  Though given all five also symbolise power or prosperity, I can think of less esoteric reasons for kings fond of boasting of their military prowess and promotion of agriculture to pick them...

"Sargon" can be represented by five, distinct symbols as well as by three of those same five, distinct symbols. Off to contemplate that possibility...