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[S.Al-Anizi]

Originally Posted by ariel

What kind of museum is it, that has fakes for exhibition ?

Exactly , this is what I thought when I first saw those swords. This is supposed to be the Kuwaiti National Heritage Museum. Another showcase showed the military sabers (all wilkinson) of three of Kuwait's rulers and behind them was a newly made, antiqued fake Syrian saif.

This doesnt end here. An antique exhibition I went to a few weeks ago, I saw several Ethiopian swords, all with G.G. blades and Wilkinson blades. Guess what?! The owner of those swords told me that those were "Crusader Swords", and that the Amharic script on them was "Hebrew", the six-point star on the forte's of the Wilkinson blades was "The Star of David", and best of all, the Lion of Judea mark was, you guessed it................................................ .................................................. .............. the signature of "Richard the Lionheart"!!!!!

Some people are really that ignorant, and call themselves scholars and sponsors of heritage and art......