Amestris (= Esther), 210 _n_ Amphictyony of the Ionians, 194 Amukta (class of weapons: Hindú), 214 Amun Ra, 149 _n_ Amygdaloid greenstone (‘toad-stone’), 103 _n_ Analysis of a copper knife-blade, 69; of so-called ‘bronzes,’ 70; of Assyrian bronze, 81 Anchor, the original, 119 _n_ Ancient Britain, centre of bronze industry, 276 — Britons, account of the, 277 — Cypriote characters, 225 — German method of warfare, 273 — Greece, extent of, 242 _n_ — Hellas, metallurgy of, 220 — Indians, 213 — Indian anthropology, 213 — Irish, character of the, 279 — Roman army (its constitution), 245 — Rome (her _rôle_ in history), 244 Ancile (sacred shield) of _æs_, 56 Andahualas valley (meaning of the name), 67 _n_ Andamanese (unable to kindle fire), 2 _n_ Andanicum (Ondanique), 110 Andena (ductile and malleable iron: Avicenna), 107 Andes (derivation of the name), 67 Andromeda legend, the, 180 _n_ Andro-Sphinx (Egypt), 190 _n_ Anelace, 263 Angels, the weapon of the, 237 Angle of cutting instruments, 131 _sq._ — of resistance, 132 Anglo-Saxon invasion of England, 275 ‘Anguimanus’ (the elephant), 3 _n_ Animals in Assyrian bas-reliefs, 203 — (lower) born armed, 2 Anjan (iron-wood), 112 Anlas, 263 ‘Annæus’ monument, 258 _n_ Annals of Babylon, 200 Anta (copper: Quichua), 67 Antelope (Indian) horns used for daggers, 11 Antelopes’ horns used in fishing, 27; as lance-points, 28 Antepilani (Roman soldiers), 247 _sq._ Antesignani (Roman soldiers), 247 Anthropology, Ancient Indian, 213 — of the pagans, 21 _sq._ Antimonial bronze, 81 _n_ Antiquity of bronze in the Nile region, 275 — of iron and steel, 98 Antiseptic charcoal, 250 _n_ Antler of red deer as a thrusting-weapon, 28 Anvils, 120 Aor (= Sword, in Homer), 222; etymology of the word, 224 _n_ Apes, 2 Aphrodite or Venus, account of, 187 _n_ Apis-tombs of Memphis, 190 _n_ Apollo and Python, 180 Apophis (serpent: Egypt), 183 Arabian weapons, 185 Arabic name for sabre, 123 Arab scymitar belonging to King of Kishakkha, 162 Arabs and Egyptians, contrast of, 144 Aram wine, 173 _n_ Ararat of Noah’s ark, the, 202 Arbotana, 14 _n_ Arblast (enlarged _arcus_), 19 Arch, Egyptian, 201 Archæology, primitive, 5 _n_ Archaic names of metals, table of, 122 — tools from Wari Gaon, 110 Archal (= _aurichalcum_), 85 _n_ Archangels (whence borrowed), 149 Archer (fish: _Toxotes_), 7 Archers (Ancient Egyptian army), 154 — Assyrian, 206 — in Homer, 222 Archery, Scythian, 19 _n_ Architects, Ancient Roman, 245 Architecture, Assyrian, 201 — in Ancient Egypt, 148 — in Hellas, 241 — origin of, 15 Arcubalista (crossbow), 19 Argentiferous copper (liquation of, in Japan), 83 — galena, 88 Argus-pheasant (Indian bird), 9 Aries (sea-ram; _Delphinus orca_), 7 Aries-shaped Sword, 141