09-04-2008, 07:07 PM
Quote:It was all Greek to me. Really, the description signs in the showcases lacked in decent descriptions in English.Understandable mistake, Susanne. If it's in a museum, you'd think it was a genuine piece.
Interesting reconstruction, though. It obviously dates from some time after the 1970s, when Dietwulf Baatz presented the cheiroballistra as a gastraphetes-type belly-shooter.
It would be nice to know what archaeological finds they based their torsion-springs (kambestria) on. Anyone near the Athens War Museum?