[decimon]

And there's a gladiator video.

[decimon]

Alexander’s ragtime band ping.

[cranked]

I suppose these folks forgot that Alexander’s armor was penetrated by an arrow ....that almost killed him. =.=

[Hugin]

I wonder what the thread count was?

[Battle Axe]

I’m a weaver and have worked with linen. It is unforgiving and difficult. We made a paste (glue) by boiling the flax seeds and then painting that on the strings of linen to keep them from fraying.

[Celtic Cross]

"the study suggests that Alexander and his soldiers protected themselves with linothorax"

Old news...

[humblegunner]

Cool!

[mbarker12474]

the study suggests that Alexander and his soldiers protected themselves with linothorax,

Don't all school girls have to get this mandated vaccine now?

[Mike Darancette]

I saw one program that showed how layers of silk under garments defeated the ability of an arrow to penetrate deeply.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wildbill]

There was a program on either the Discovery channel or the History channel that demonstrated this type of armor and how surprisingly resistant it was.