Tjele helmet fragment
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tjele-helmet-fragment-171-14133099
title:
Tjele helmet fragment
text:
The Tjele helmet fragment is a Viking Age fragment of iron and bronze, originally comprising the eyebrows and noseguard of a helmet. It was discovered in 1850 with a large assortment of smith's tools in Denmark, and though the find was sent to the National Museum of Denmark, for 134 years the fragment was mistaken for a saddle mount. In 1984 it was properly identified by an assistant keeper at the museum as the remainder of one of only five known helmets from the Viking era. Dating to approximat
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Viking Age fragment of a helmet
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjele_helmet_fragment
date created:
2017-06-26T18:25:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:46:46Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Tjele_helmet_fragment.jpg","width":3651,"height":2670}
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13
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