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This 2,000-Year-Old Roman Helmet Used to Look Like a ‘Rusty Bucket’. Now It’s Restored Almost to Its Former Glory
Restoring the past The helmet was discovered alongside thousands of Iron Age and Roman coins and pig bones within what is ...
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Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king
What it is: A decorated Anglo-Saxon metal helmet with a faceplate Where it is from: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England When it was made: Circa A.D. 600 to 625 Related: Roman scutum: An 1,800-year-old ...