(Source: Frantisek Iván, TASR)
Posted on 09/23/2018 3:39:48 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Eastern Slovakia Museum in Kosice has presented two unique bronze helmets from the late Bronze Age. A mushroom picker found them last year near the village of Trhoviste in Michalovce county. The finder brought the objects to the museum in January of this year.
The museum's archaeologist Dárius Gasaj informed the Regional Monument's Board.
"This precious finding consists of two Bronze helmets, partly stuck to each other. There were also two pairs of protective cheek pads and two spiral arm guards," said Róbert Pollák, director of the museum, as quoted by the SITA newswire.
The finder wishes to remain anonymous. The archaeologist with a colleague from the Regional Monument's Board examined the site of the find in detail...
Discoveries of helmets from the Bronze Age are rare not only in Slovakia but in the whole of Europe, according to Gasaj. The helmets from Trhoviste are western European style made from two shaped bronze plates. The decorated sides are connected with a central three-toothed comb that has a hole for attaching a decorative plume. Other holes at the sides and at the bottom edge are to attach the protective cheek pads.
Only three similar pieces had been found, all of them in the Eastern Alpine area... Similar helmets have been found in Lúãky, Spisská Belá and Iaskov but they were made only from one sheet of bronze. They originated between the 12th and 10th century BC.
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(Source: Frantisek Iván, TASR)
thanks for the post!
Bronze is amazing stuff. It can sit in a mud puddle for thousands of years and be as good as the day it was cast. Steel can turn into rust overnight.
Some people have all the Luck , D’oh
Are those helmuts similiar to greek helmuts at the time of troy? or later. seems to me I’ve seen ones like them before. just can’t place them.
What year are they from? I didn’t see that in the article.
What a find!
A dark picture of a man holding something in his hands.
Very cool.
Celtic, I’m thinking.
Adjust your settings
People who don’t know how to position, light, and frame a subject shouldn’t be taking photos.
≡≡8-O
Looks fine to me. Must be your eyes.
There’s nothing wrong with the pictures.
From a photographers' perspective everything is wrong with the photo including lighting, positioning, and framing.
This is what proper lighting, positioning, and framing look like:
The article is about a bronze age helmet. Not a poorly lit photo of a man holding a bronze age helmet. Yes there are things wrong with the picture.
I think you’re the only one having trouble. Have you remembered to breathe in and out in and out in and out. Try looking again now.
Lol. Just kidding I’m not sure what browser settings would cause it to do that.
I read somewhere that Phillip had only one good everything.
One eye, one good leg, one good arm etc. All due to combat.
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