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Wooden Germanic Helmet from the Pre-Roman Iron Age
MeinPanzer Offline
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#16
05-31-2011, 09:23 PM
I would just add as well that this wasn't unique in the ancient world, since Herodotus mentions that in Darius' army both the Moschoi and the Colchians wore wooden helmets (kranea xulina: VII.78-9).
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He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
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06-04-2011, 03:16 AM
Considering that the helmet had a bone arrowhead through it suggests that may have been primarily designed to stop non-metallic weapons. You find plenty of wooden helmets and armour in other cultures where metal weapons are rare - especially on the American continents.
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