Amazing Artifacts - The Deal Warrior Iron Age, 200-150 BC From a burial found in the Mill Hill Cemetery, Deal, Kent, England This headdress or crown was found on the head of a warrior buried with his sword and shield. It is made from two sheets of bronze held together with rivets. The bronze band which went around the head is decorated with La Tène-style patterns. The metal was worn directly on the head and not padded or strengthened with leather; when found impressions of human hair were left in the corrosion on the inner surface. No other head dresses from Iron Age Europe have been found in a grave. This head-dress is very like those worn by some priests in Roman Britain over 200 years later. Were these Iron Age crowns also only worn by priests (druids) in the Iron Age? If so, was this person a warrior and a priest? Credit : British Museum
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 21:23:11 +0000
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