Found: Ancient Warrior's Helmet, Owner Unknown (Greek Mercenary Helmet, Circa 600 B.C.)

Live Science ^ | 28 February 2012 | Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor

[DogByte6RER]

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.

[DogByte6RER]

Gods Graves Glyphs material ... ping

[doc1019]

Were they expecting a nametag?

[ibytoohi]

Perfect...Greece should claim ownership and auction it off. Maybe that will get them out of hock.

[tumblindice]

Looks like he got bonked on the (his) right side of the head. That might explain how it wound up in the drink.

[Michael.SF.]

IBTHT Pics arrive.

[vladimir998]

Hoping more likely - because then they could get 200 years of academic arguments out of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negau_helmet

[M1903A1]

I’m always amazed that people would wear something so ornate into battle.

Then again, look at any pre-World War I military arm....

[PGR88]

I bet this guy’s gunny was seriously PO’ed when he dropped his lid in the ocean.

[Beowulf9]

“Looks like he got bonked on the (his) right side of the head. That might explain how it wound up in the drink.”

Lol, yep!

[bunkerhill7]

[RitchieAprile]

this would have been a prized possession. maybe the most expensive item a lot of these guys owned, so if they could write, yeah i’d say their name was carved inside it someplace.

[RitchieAprile]

using that as a field stool would be, uh, problematic..

[bunkerhill7]

[Pollster1]

not after “don’t ask, don’t tell”

[SunkenCiv]

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[bert]

Wow! fantastic example of metalsmith work

[PUGACHEV]

There are a few of these type of ancient Greek helmets at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC, and what always strikes me about them is their size. The ones I've seen could not be worn these days by anyone over ten years old, and even then it would be a tight fit, especially if they wore any type of padding underneath. It gives you a whole new perspective when you consider that the man-killing Achilles was probably about the size of today's 6th grader.

[Pelham]

Those small helmets could well be armorer’s models made to display the maker’s craft.

[M1903A1]

An American Pickelhaube? Wow...who had those?

Specifically, I was thinking of the typical rifle or pistol issued before World War I really got into swing. Fit, finish and design that often rivaled the better sporting arms of the day. Some of that standard came back between the wars, but was never quite the same.