It's time for another journey back to the past, and this time we go armed! Matilda chats with archaeologist Valerio Gentile all about his research on Bronze Age swords. Were bronze swords used in combat? How does one create a bronze sword? What is the only acceptable type of coffee to drink as an Italian? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this month's episode of Tea-break Time Travel. Links * Valerio's Academia profile (with downloadable PDFs of all his papers) * http://www.leidenuniv.academia.edu/ValerioGentile * Valerio Gentile * Email: v.gentile@arch.leidenuniv.nl">v.gentile@arch.leidenuniv.nl * twitter: @valerio_gentile [https://www.twitter.com/valerio_gentile] Contact the Host * Email: matilda@thearchaeologiststeacup.com * https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com [https://www.thearchaeologiststeacup.com/] * insta: @the_archaeologists_teacup [https://www.instagram.com/the_archaeologists_teacup] * fb: /TheArchaeologistsTeacup [https://www.facebook.com/TheArchaeologistsTeacup] * twitter: @ArchaeoTeacup [https://www.twitter.com/ArchaeoTeacup] ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store [https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724] Affiliates * Wildnote [http://www.wildnoteapp.com/] * TeePublic [https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=5724&ref_type=aff] * Timeular [https://timeular.com/ref/chriswebster/] * Motion [https://www.archpodnet.com/motion]