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The boar's tusk helmet, unearthed from a tomb near Pylos, Greece, offers a fascinating glimpse into warrior culture dating ...
George Maniakes was a tremendously talented general with a famously bad temper who challenged the Byzantine emperor for the ...
The exhibition opens with something discovered during the extensive industrialisation of the river — the head of the Roman Emperor Hadrian ... and despite what Hollywood would tell you, Viking helmets ...
‘Was it really the greatest siege?’ Catherine de Medici asked. ‘Greater even than Rhodes?’ ‘Yes, madame,’ the knight commander Antoine de La Roche answered, ‘greater even than Rhodes. It was the ...
helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in distinctive Roman military shoes known as caligae. The most indicative clue came from a rusty dagger of a type in use specifically between the middle of ...
Carbon-14 analysis helped date the bones to between 80 and 130 A.D. That was cross-checked against known history of relics found in the grave – armor, helmet cheek protectors, the nails used in ...
Choosing a motorbike helmet to wear on an adventure bike is all about compromise. Peaks are handy off-road, for example, but can be a pain on the motorway. You want maximum ventilation on a sweaty ...
Sports-touring motorcycle helmets, as the name suggests, are a mixture between sporty lids and comfier touring models that take the best bits from each for an aerodynamic, good-looking end result ...
Looking for the MTG Commander banlist? With such a vast format, knowing which cards you aren’t allowed to use can be tricky. In this guide you’ll find a list of every card that’s forbidden in ...
In one test, we drop helmets going 14 mph onto a flat anvil to find out how well they would protect a bike rider's head ...
Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter onto a crowd during a celebration marking the 10th anniversary of the victory of rebel forces over Bashar al-Assad's army in Idlib ...
Ancient manuscripts detailing the events during the Roman Empire are believed to contain 'first hand' evidence about the life and death of Jesus Christ. The Annals, written by the Roman historian ...