Philistine Broadswords (DAMN!)

Below is a relief of the Shardhana or "Sherden" Guard, of Rameses II, the Great himself. They were members of the 'Sea Peoples" that would later settle in Canaan and history remembers as the "Philistines." Their exact origin is unknown, though many people have connected the Philistines with the Minoans, personally I suspect the Sherden tribe themselves were Anatolian, but quite possibly Dorian too.



The Dorians were more or less to the Bronze Age Greeks, what the Goths and Vandals were to the Late Romans. The Dorians swept in from Northern Greece and completely destroyed the Mycenaean civilisation, introducing Greece to their very own version of the Dark Ages, in fact the period after the Dorian invasion is referred to as the Dark Ages, exactly what happened with Rome and then Europe.. History truly does repeat itself doesn't it?

Now the sword, being in the service of the Pharaoh, one would assume it is bronze, however one of the reasons the Dorians so thoroughly destroyed the Mycenaean civ, is their introuction of the Iron Age..

If these men were recruited as bodyguards of the Pharaoh himself, one might assume perhaps they are Dorian in origin, and these fearsome swords are of course, iron and not bronze. If you look at how they seem to have been intended to use (cut and thrust) and their extreme length, it would seem iron would be ideal for making this sword work.

Whatever origin the sword has, and whatever material it was constructed of, one things for certain, it's badass, and I want one!

Considering it's wielder, I wouldn't be suprised if this is the sword David beheaded Goliath with.