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A Crusades-era hand grenade that was retrieved from the sea off the Israeli coast several years ago has been handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) by a family that inherited it.
Made from heavy clay and gorgeously embossed, the incendiary weapon would have been used like some sort of a molotov cocktail. It was filled with naphtha -- a flammable sticky liquid known as Greek fire -- then sealed and hurled onto enemies.
The deadly device was rather popular in naval battles as the fire could easily destroy ships.
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According to the IAA, the grenade was common in Israel during the Crusades between the 11th to 13th century and until the Mamluk era, which ran from the 13th to the 16th century.
A Crusades-era hand grenade that was retrieved from the sea off the Israeli coast several years ago has been handed over to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) by a family that inherited it.
Made from heavy clay and gorgeously embossed, the incendiary weapon would have been used like some sort of a molotov cocktail. It was filled with naphtha -- a flammable sticky liquid known as Greek fire -- then sealed and hurled onto enemies.
The deadly device was rather popular in naval battles as the fire could easily destroy ships.
RELATED: Rare Crusade-Era Seal Discovered in Jerusalem
According to the IAA, the grenade was common in Israel during the Crusades between the 11th to 13th century and until the Mamluk era, which ran from the 13th to the 16th century.
Ancient Hand Grenade Found in Israel
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What really interests me is that I'd heard there was TPA whole big thing about composition of Greek fire, it was supposed to be a really big deal secret in ancient periods, since it apparently worked as well as it did. I'm just curious if the liquid was actually intact, if so, that's a major historical aspect to the find, I'd imagine, assuming the composition was unchanged from what was used in the orig Greco Roman period, you know?
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Capt Daniel Goodman
I follow, many thanks, I'd just read ofmthat and heard it on documentaries many times, it was some huge ancient secret supposedly as I'd said.
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