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[johnraptor]

Does anyone know what the kind of sword used by the Magi in The Mummy Returns is called? It's some kind of recurved scimitar.

EDIT: I think I figured it out. It's a Turkish yatagan.

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[wickedvision]

Nice. I wouldn't mind having one of those. I didn't even think about it when I saw that movie.

[strike2002]

Not too shabby of an improvisation on the scimitar no?

Downfall about it is that the curve is inverted and appears one sided.

The basis of the arabian scimitar was that it was perfect for getting the curved edge under the neck of your enemy, practically guaranteeing decapitation.

[numb3r_5ev3n]

the Egyptian one was called a Khopesh.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=khopesh&btnG=Search+Images

:) Hope that helps. sometimes, when dealing with the Sumerian/Babylonian/Assyrian versions, they're just referred to as "sickle-swords."

It is a turkish yataghan!

[anonymous]

It is very cool, yes. and that is the sword in "the mummy returns"
but I would rather have a scimitar! Now that's a sword!