Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post

stephen wood · 20th July 2009, 02:23 PM

...yes it does look like a crescent moon. I now think that the marking represents a comet - significant in the lore surrounding the appearance of the Mahdi (Nigmet al Mahdi) and also appearing during the siege of Khartoum.

I would be very interested to see any similar images - I couldn't find the one posted by Colin...

20th July 2009, 02:23 PM	#5
stephen wood Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	...yes it does look like a crescent moon. I now think that the marking represents a comet - significant in the lore surrounding the appearance of the Mahdi (Nigmet al Mahdi) and also appearing during the siege of Khartoum. I would be very interested to see any similar images - I couldn't find the one posted by Colin... Attached Images Last edited by stephen wood; 20th July 2009 at 02:41 PM.