Mysterious helmet from Verden and its “link” with Tibetan helmets
Mysterious helmet from Verden and its “link” with Tibetan helmets
Author(s): Adam KubikSubject(s): History, Archaeology, Military history, Ancient World
Published by: Instytut Historii UwS
Keywords: Helmets; Franks; Carolingians; Avars; Central Asia; Tibet
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses a helmet that was published in 1914 in Zeitschrift für Historische Waffenkunde. It was possiblyfound by a German farmer during field works near the town of Verden in Lower Saxony. The helmet which waspreviously associated with the Saxons and dated between Migration Period and the reign of Charlemagne shows clearlyrelations with far Asian constructions.Additionally I discuss here another helmet in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which seems to be a 20th centuryreworking that imitated the Verden helmet.
Journal: Historia i Świat
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 133-139
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English