UK unveils rare Roman helmet mistaken for bucket Afdrukken E-mail
dinsdag 10 januari 2012 20:50
A helmet lies in sand in the Roman amphitheatre after a performance by Hungarian Collegium Gladiatorium fighting club in Croatia's northern Adriatic port of Pula May 23, 2009, during the traditional Antiquity festival at the start of the summer tourist season. REUTERS/Nikola Solic .A rare Roman cavalry helmet dating from Emperor Claudius' invasion of Britain nearly 2,000 years ago was unveiled on Tuesday after painstaking restoration lasting nearly a decade. The so-called Hallaton Helmet was found 10 years ago during the excavation of an Iron Age shrine at Hallaton in Leicestershire, central England.
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