Intact Roman helmet from the First Punic War recovered from the sea

Archaeologists have recovered an extremely well-preserved Roman bronze helmet from the seabed off Sicily’s Egadi Islands, where the decisive Battle of the Aegates took place in 241 BCE. Even the helmet’s cheek guards are fully intact – an astonishing preservation after more than two millennia underwater. Complete examples with cheek pieces intact are extremely rare.
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