flints
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One site was behind the parking lot of the Byblos Cinema and showed collapsed walls, pits, floors, charcoal, pottery and flints.
British flints could fire only 6 rounds before requiring re-sharpening, while American flints could fire 60 rounds before resharpening.
On a logistical note, the flints used in British weapons also put them at a disadvantage on the battlefield.
The height of the very neatly knapped flints varies between convert.
The oldest items at the Met, a set of Archeulian flints from Deir el-Bahri which date from the Lower Paleolithic period (between 300,000 and 75,000 BC), are part of the Egyptian collection.