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Offline Fjodin

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Assegai???!!!
« on: 09 May 2010, 10:31:04 AM »
Can someone tell me- does assegais (or Iklwa) spearhead made from metal or what??? I can tfount the information.

Offline marko.oja

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #1 on: 09 May 2010, 10:36:43 AM »
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Offline Ruarigh

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #2 on: 09 May 2010, 11:10:01 AM »
We have three of them sitting in the hall. They all have iron heads.
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Offline Fjodin

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #3 on: 09 May 2010, 12:14:33 PM »
How can Zulu cast iron???!!!! They live in huts without any technology and mines to get iron?!

Offline Plynkes

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #4 on: 09 May 2010, 12:23:10 PM »
The ancient Celts were famed ironsmiths over 2000 years ago, and they lived in "huts" too.


Zulus weren't cavemen, Fjodin, they did have technology.
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Offline Fjodin

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #5 on: 09 May 2010, 12:57:14 PM »
I didn know that. Thanx!

Offline M Blakey

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Re: Assegai???!!!
« Reply #6 on: 10 May 2010, 11:23:30 PM »
yep just been doing some research on them they were very clever people and extremly superticious which makes them really interesting

they are truely amazing people
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