![]() ![]() The second has a rounded dome, with tall elaborate zoomorphic crest holders. ![]() The first, and most common, is a pointed crown section where a high crest was attached. These helmets also exhibit two distinct stylistic trends. Kegel type helmets were liable to bursting apart at the seams if struck by an enemy. It was a laborious process, which also resulted in a relatively weak final product. These segments were separately cast and then bent and riveted together. Kegel type Helmet, 780-20 BC, Argos, Greece (left) with Kegel type Helmet, 750-00 BC, probably Southern Italy (right)Īncient Greek helmets of the Kegel type were constructed out of several bronze segments. Kegel type helmets appear to have fallen out of use sometime after the end of the Eighth Century BC. Examples of Kegel helmets have been found in the Peloponnese, Apulia, Rhodes, Miletus, and Cyprus. These helmets appear to have originated in the Peloponnese, possibly somewhere near the city of Argos. As such, the earliest Ancient Greek helmet well-represented in the archaeological record is the Kegel type, which emerged during the Geometric period at the end of the Greek Dark Age. While helmets certainly existed during the Bronze Age, too few have survived to establish a comparative typology with the possible exception of Boar Tusk helmets. Kegel: The “Original” Ancient Greek Helmets Kegel type Helmet, 750-00 BC, probably Southern Italy (left) with Repaired Kegel type Helmet, 780-20 BC, near Argos (right) ![]()
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