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Tatbir Ritual - Baghdad

Two young men carry a banner written in Arabic as mourners walk behind them during the Tatbir ritual in Baghdad, Iraq on July 6, 2025. Tatbir is a religious ritual practiced by some Shia Muslims on Ashura to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, where participants strike their heads with swords to express grief and solidarity with the tragedy of Karbala. Photo by Ali Abdul Wahid/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel discovers 1,900-year-old Roman swords near Dead Sea

STORY: Israel discovers 1,900-year-old Roman swords near Dead Sea DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel 2. various of Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) worker showing a shafted pilum and swords at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel STORYLINE: Israeli archaeologists discovered a rare cache of Roman swords dated back about 1,900 years, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said in a statement on Wednesday. The cache includes four Roman swords in their wooden and leather scabbards, alongside a pilum head, all exceptionally well-preserved, the IAA said. They were found stashed away in two almost inaccessible crevices of a small cave in the Ein Gedi Nature Reserve near the western shore of the Dead Sea. Three of the swords are typical Roman spatha with 60 to 65-cm-long blades, while the fourth is a ring-pommel sw

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple.

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A soldier in armour

This armour seems to be a domaru or torso protector. The man has two swords on the waist and seems to be holding a naginata (halberd). A nichirin orb is attached to the front of the helmet.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Pierre Rossier, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number70‐3‐0]

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows two swords found under the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, exhibited at a cultural assets research center in Nara. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple. (Kyodo)

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Missing sacred swords of Todaiji found after 1,250 yrs

NARA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2010, shows the Great Buddha of Todaiji temple in Nara, western Japan. The temple said the same day that two swords found under the Buddha in the Meiji era have been identified as sacred swords that had been missing for some 1,250 years since around 760 after Empress Komyo, the wife of Emperor Shomu who built the Buddha, dedicated them along with other items to the temple. (Kyodo)

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New sport "Sassen"

An event aimed at promoting new sport "Sassen" is held in Tokyo on April 10, 2021. In the sport, two players engage in a sword battle using soft swords equipped with sensors connected to a special smartphone app that is designed to judge which player won the match.

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New sport "Sassen"

An event aimed at promoting new sport "Sassen" is held in Tokyo on April 10, 2021. In the sport, two players engage in a sword battle using soft swords equipped with sensors connected to a special smartphone app that is designed to judge which player won the match.