Posted on 01/07/2019 10:59:01 PM PST by SunkenCiv
#1. This Ancient Thracian Aristocrat's War Helmet Depicting Trojan War / Iliad Scenes
1st - 2nd century AD, Brestovitsa, Central South Bulgaria
Discovered: 2013
A very rare war helmet of a Thracian aristocrat from the 1st-2nd century AD featuring motifs from the story of the Trojan War - made world famous through the Iliad by Ancient Greek poet Homer - was discovered during emergency excavations in Southern Bulgaria in 2013.
The Thracian war helmet was found in an Ancient Thracian tumulus (burial mound) known as Pamuk Mogila in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa, and was shown to the public for the first time in 2015.
Alongside images of ancient gods, Eros, Apollo, and Hermes, it features a scene from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector's son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles's son Neoptolemus.
It is said to be the world's only known depiction of the said Trojan War scene which dates back to the Roman Age.
(Excerpt) Read more at archaeologyinbulgaria.com ...
A view of the right side of the Ancient Thracian aristocrat's helmet with Greek mythology scenes found in the Thracian burial mound (tumulus) Pamuk Mogila in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa in 2013. Photo: Plovdiv24
A view of the back of the Ancient Thracian war helmet found in Bulgaria's Brestovitsa: a Greek mythology scene from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector's son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles's son Neoptolemus. Photo: Plovdiv24
BEAUTIFUL.
Yours, TMN78247
My hope is one day that we can see how the entire human race moved about, to see where everybody went when their people disappeared.
My pleasure. Not sure how I missed the original story.
Those helmets are amazing.
Wow!!
Just imagine the patience, labor, and craftsmanship involved with making this. Just incredible.
I object to the author’s use of the word ‘murder’ in this phrase: “.....from the Trojar War depicting the murder of Hector’s son Astyanax (Scamandrius) by Achilles’s son Neoptolemus”
It was War and death by combat - not murder.
I know from my hobby of ancient coins that a lot of discoveries have been made in the recent past—i.e. since the fall of communism— through the use of metal detectors.
This phiale from the Rogozen Silver Treasure kept in Bulgaria’s Vratsa features a scene from the ancient mythology of Athena’s priestess Auge and the hero Hercules (Heracles). Photo: Vratsa Regional Museum of History 
The silver kantharos with gold depictions showing the sacrifice of the sacred golden ram that took Helle and Phrixus to Colchis is at the center of the exhibition on Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. Photos: Thrace Foundation 
The silver kantharos depicting Athenian hero-king Theseus on the island of Crete is dated to 440 – 435 BC. Photo: National Gallery of Arts, Sofia 
The silver kylix depicting Theseus with the Marathonian Bull dates back to 445 – 440 BC. Photo: National Gallery of Arts, Sofia 
The Attica red-figure pottery krater with Oedipus and the Sphinx discovered in Bulgaria’s Sozopol is dated to the second quarter of the 5th century BC. Photo: ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com
GORGEOUS STUFF!!
Can’t tell from this piece if it’s Auge digging Heracles or Heracles digging Auge. But we know something happened, fer shure.
She was the mother of the hero Telephus by Heracles....................
The workmanship is exquisite!....................
I already got one.
We'll have to consult the augur to find out.
Yup, a lot of Byzantine-era caches were found, apparently buried by those fleeing the barbarians (such as the ancestors of the Bulgarians). There was also a massive uptick in ancient coin forgeries, right down to the phony concretions covering the supposed finds. Metal detectors should not be shunned by archaeologists, particularly since they wind up not learning of the existence of sites they should know about in order to study them.
Quite!
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