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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on March 22, 2021, 07:53:28 PM

Title: Silver knight-and-snail found near Pontefract
Post by: Duncan Head on March 22, 2021, 07:53:28 PM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/22/snail-man-relic-ancient-joke-british-museum

This presumably relates to the knight-fighting-snail motif discussed in
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-were-medieval-knights-always-fighting-snails-1728888/