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Sutton Hoo helmet

... that the 7th-century royal Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo helmet (current reconstruction pictured) was excavated in more than 500 pieces? Source: Current note 60, offline. Nb the photo used in the article (# not counted). But from the excavation diary: "Friday, 28 July 1939: "The crushed remains of an iron helmet were found four feet east of the shield boss on the north side of the central deposit. The remains consisted of many fragments of iron covered with embossed ornament of an interlace with which were also associated gold leaf, textiles, an anthropomorphic face-piece consisting of a nose, mouth, and moustache cast as a whole (bronze), and bronze zoomorphic mountings and enrichments." Saturday, 29 July: "A few more fragments of the iron helmet came to light and were boxed with the rest found the day before."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Timeline of Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event research - rejected - does that count?
Comment: Might be a day or so late, but a big article on an important artefact by a newish editor. Formerly redirect.

Created by Usernameunique (talk). Nominated by Johnbod (talk) at 11:21, 16 December 2016 (UTC).