Snakes curl above the eyelids of the helmet, flanked by a peacock's tail (or palmette). CREDIT: Photo courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority, cropped by Owen Jarus.
Snakes curl above the eyelids of the helmet, flanked by a peacock's tail (or palmette). CREDIT: Photo courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority, cropped by Owen Jarus.
Gods Graves Glyphs material ... ping
Looks like he got bonked on the (his) right side of the head. That might explain how it wound up in the drink.
IBTHT Pics arrive.
I’m always amazed that people would wear something so ornate into battle.
Then again, look at any pre-World War I military arm....
I bet this guy’s gunny was seriously PO’ed when he dropped his lid in the ocean.
Wow! fantastic example of metalsmith work
So would this have belonged to a Spartan?
“Throughout their adult lives, the Spartiates continued to be subject to a training regime so strict that, as Plutarch says, “... they were the only men in the world with whom war brought a respite in the training for war.”
Bravery was the ultimate virtue for the Spartans: Spartan mothers would give their sons the shield with the words “Return With it or carried on it!”
Was just thinking, what an amazing warrior wore that helmet, Spartan or not. Be interesting to know his tale.