First here we discuss the lecture, not the book. While I disagree with Ariel's analysis of the gladius, I think he initially raised a valid point, which we are discussing here. Concerning students at MIT - I doubt they do bronze casting in their spare time, however I found no reference in books on middle eastern bronze (starting with Gorelik) that persian one was something better than caucasian for example. May be it is, may be it is not, I am no specialist, I don't know.
Concerning Dr. Feuerbach - her review is her review and her beliefs are her beliefs. We have a separate thread to discuss it.
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