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600-Year-Old Helmets Found off Spain’s Coast Were Not Roman After All
Medieval helmets found off Spain’s coast have overturned a long-standing archaeological assumption. For decades, a group of iron helmets recovered from the seabed near Benicarló, in eastern Spain, seemed to belong to the ancient Mediterranean world. They had been found in the same underwater zone as Roman anchor stocks, amphorae and bronze helmets, so the…
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Rare 9th–10th Century Helmet and Chain-Mail Unearthed at Rustavi Fortress — A First for the South Caucasus
Archaeologists in Georgia have unearthed a remarkable relic of medieval warfare — a full chain-mail shirt and an iron helmet with a facial guard — during excavations at the ancient fortress of Rustavi. The 9th–10th century armor, found inside the fortress’s sixth chamber, marks the first discovery of its kind in the entire South Caucasus.…