Elite Warrior Found Buried With 2,000-Year-Old Greek Battle Helmet In Tomb
by : Emily Brown on : 10 Dec 2020 11:44
Dubrovnik Museums
Archaeologists working in Croatia have uncovered a rare bronze Greek-Illyrian war helmet in the tomb of an elite warrior.
The researchers came across the discovery during the exploration of the tomb, which was cut into rock on the side of a mountain in Zakotarac, on the Pelješac peninsula, in southern Dalmatia.
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The warrior is believed to have been buried more than 2,000 years ago, though the helmet originated in the Peloponnese approximately three centuries earlier during the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Parts of the warriors skull were also found.