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Historians have pieced together a 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet 10 years after its discovery in an Iron Age shrine and say it sheds new light on the conquering of Britain.
The helmet and its cheek pieces have been painstakingly restored from 1,000 small fragments over three years by experts at the British Museum.
Constructed of sheet iron, the helmet, once decorated with gold leaf, is the only one to have been found in Britain with its silver gilt plating intact and is also one of the earliest ever found in Britain.
Experts claim there is a 'distinct possibility' that it belonged to a Briton serving in the Roman cavalry before the conquest of Britain. They say it changes our understanding of the relationship between Romans and Britons and what the country was like just before the invasion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2084686/Historians-piece-2-000-year-old-Roman-cavalry-helmet-shedding-new-light-ancient-Britain.html
Exceptionally early example of Roman helmet to go on display after years of work piecing together thousands of fragments
The helmet will go on display at the end of this month at Harborough Museum, in a specially created new gallery which already holds many objects from the hoard just nine miles from where it was found.
"I can hardly believe my eyes when I look at the helmet today," Wallace said. "I last saw it six months ago, and it was still in a thousand pieces. Gobsmacked, is the only word for it."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/10/unique-roman-helmet-pieced-together
Video: Roman helmet unveiled
http://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/features/video_roman_helmet_unveiled_1_3404502
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