Metal detector find may rewrite history of 7th century helmet
Small decorative details on an iconic helmet belonging to “Britain’s Tutankhamen” could revise our understanding of early ...
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Sutton Hoo helmet: A gold- and jewel-encrusted relic with ties to Beowulf and a lost Anglo-Saxon king
who may have been the Anglo-Saxon king Rædwald. The reconstructed helmet — which consists of a cap, cheek pieces, a mask and a neck guard — is made primarily out of iron and copper alloy ...
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Fragments of an Anglo-Saxon King’s Lost Helmet Discovered, the ‘British Tutankhamen’ Was Decorative and Functional
The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted ... cheek pieces, a mask, and a neck guard, which was primarily made out of iron and copper alloy ...