Ariminium, coins cast in, 265 Arithmetic in Ancient Egypt, 148 Arjuna’s Sword, 217 Arka (_Calatropis gigantea_), 218 Arme blanche, 6 Armes d’hast, 6, 246 _n_ Armenia, 209 _n_ Armenian inscriptions, 200 Armidoctores, 249 _n_ Armilla of bronze, Etruscan, 196 Armlets of bronze (Etruscan), 30 Armorial badges (= rank), 141 _sq._ Armour (derivation of the word), 244 — made in Cyprus, 188 — of Ancient Egyptian soldiers, 152 _sqq._ Armour of elephants, 216 — of Goliath, 186 Arms among the Ancient Romans, 244 _sq._ — and Armour of Ancient Roman soldiers, 246 _sqq._ — manufactory in Etruria, 198 — of Hannibal and his troops, 268 — of the Keltic Gauls, 266 _sq._ — of Persian troops, 210 Army of the Ancient Egyptians, 152 _sqq._ Ἅρπη (sharp sickle), 180 Arrows, 11, 154 — made of reed, 28 Arrow-heads in Ancient Gallic and German graves, 274 _n_ — of deer-horn, 24; of bone, 25; of bamboo, 26; of flint-flakes, _ib._; of pinna and shells, 47 Arrow-piles of copper, 65 Arrow-throwers (epithet of the Argives), 222 Art and science in Ancient Egypt, 147 Art of the Hittites, 176 ‘Artemis’ (Diana) of the Ephesians, 192 _n_ Articulate language (origin of), 74 _n_ Artificial calamine, 86 — malachite, 72 Aryan (language), 146 _n_ Aryans, 76 _Asclepias gigantea_, 111 Asclepius (Berytus), 75 Ashanti Sword-knife, 167 Ashur (Assyrian), 200, 207 Ashuth (fused or cast metal; Hebrew), 103 Asia, ancient mines of copper and lead in, 63 Asidhenu (dagger: Hindú), 215 Asidevatá (Sword-god produced by Brahma), 214 Askelon (site of), 186 _n_ Asp (Cobra di capello; _Coluber Haja_), 33 _n_ Ass (its method of defence), 7 Assegai used as a razor by the Amazulu, 14 Assyria (etymology of the word), 177 Assyrian architecture, 201 — bas-reliefs, 176, 201 — books, 201 _n_ — bronzes, 104 _n_ — daggers, 159, 205 — executioner, 207 — fashion of wearing the Sword, 206, 239 — fortifications, 203 — hand-daggers, 185 — inscriptions (Bayrut), 200 _n_ — invasion of Egypt, 200 — magic, 202 _n_ — metallurgy, 81, 202; bronze, 81 — names for the Sword, 123 — robe, 175 — skill in arts, 202 — soldiers, 206 — Sphinx, 190 _n_ Assyrians of Xerxes’ army (their weapons), 105 Astrolabe in Assyria, 202 _n_ Astronomy in Ancient Egypt, 148 — of Mesopotamia, 200 _n_ Asuras (mighty demons: Hindú), 213 Atacamite (submuriate of copper), 68 Athenæus on the Sword, 242 _sq._ Athletics, Ancient Roman, 249 Athor or Hathor (‘goddess of copper’), 62, 69 Atlantis, 85 _n_ Attábo, King Blay of, 142 Auctoramentum (pay of the Bestiarii), 253 Augustin’s rendering of ‘framea,’ 271 Aurichalcum, 85 Aurochs, 30 _n_ Australian club (development), 39 Authentic annals of England, beginning of the, 275 Autochthones of Cyprus, 187