Ancient Dacian Gold Helmet With Piercing Evil Eyes
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - This golden helmet is over two millennia old and was accidentally found in Poiana Cotofenesti (now called Poiana Varbilau), southern Romania, in 1929 (or in the spring of 1928).
The Golden Helmet of Coțofenești. A Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the first half of the 4th century BC, uncovered by chance. Image credit: Radu Oltean - CC BY-SA 3.0
The helmet was found to be a remarkably well-preserved artifact (only the part of its skull cap is missing), and, in this state of preservation, it is 25 cm tall and weighs 770 grams. Its diameter is 13.92 mm.
The helmet's lower part is cylindrical and has a rectangular opening for the front and the ears, with outlines similar to the "U" (reversed). Both the cheekbones and the head protectors were fixed and immobile.
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