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A medieval workshop for producing ‘Greek fire’ grenades

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Peter Pentz
Peter Pentz*
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Department of Near Eastern and Classical Antiquities, National Museum of Denmark, Frederiksholms Kanal 12, DK-1220 Copenhagen K. Denmark
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Abstract

Re-examination of medieval finds from the Syrian town of Hama provides new evidence about the making of ‘Greek fire’, the famed and feared incendiary weapon of the crusader wars.

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Antiquity , Volume 62 , Issue 234 , March 1988 , pp. 89 - 93
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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