Alexander the Great Illustration

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Giannis said:-

The third example of a Philip's-like helmet.Just this one is bronze while the other two are iron.

While this one may look bronze, it is in fact iron !

"The helmet was donated to the Museum of Macedonia in 1998. It comes from the necropolis of the ancient town of Isar near Marvinci village, Valandovo area. As a standard piece of equipment of the Macedonian Army, the helmet typologically belongs to the sc. "Macedonian helmets." This attribution is due to several distinctive features: thin high crest above the forehead bent forward, pronounced neck-piece and specific armor-plate "pragnatidae" for the face, i.e., cheeks of warrior.

It is made of iron of high purity with admixtures of carbon, which was rarely used in ancient times and was considered a privilege of elite military units. The helmet was part of the grave goods of a burial in a chamber tomb from the 4th century BC."

I'm curious about the "second" iron Philip-like helmet you mentioned....could you post a picture on this thread, please ?

WOW!Thanks for the correction Paul!This is very interesting.Why didn't all other iron items have so much carbon in them!Imagine all iron finds in this condition!

This is the second find and is probably from Italy,though I'm not sure.



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