Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Example of a Curved Sword ("cimeter") in the Museo Regional de Campeche (c. AD 7th century)

  






Source:

 

Linda Schele, Hidden Faces of the Maya (1997), 101, plate 7

 

According to “Book of Mormon Evidence: Cimeters”:

 

A figurine now displayed in the Museo Regional de Campeche, which likely dates from the same period, portrays a warrior wearing a death mask who grasps an unhappy captive in his right hand and a curved weapon in his raised left hand with which he is about to decapitate his victim. The weapon in the figure’s left hand has been called an ax by some scholars, but given its curved form it could just as well be a scimitar.

 

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