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>Plate armour of Henry II

Germanic fibulæ

Celtic helmet from the Hallstatt culture

A samurai on horseback wearing ō-yoroi armor

Can anybody help me with the inscription? I read:

ΔΙΖΖΩΝΥΓΙΕΝΩΝΦΟΡΙ

I have Greek and can't parse this - I assume there are a couple of genitives here (?) so should it be separated out as:

ΔΙΖΖΩΝ[O?]Υ ΓΙΕΝΩΝ ΦΟΡΙ ?

Does this mean anything? I can't find any of these words in LSJ, and I'm having trouble googling this inscription specifically. I can't tell but does the inscription go on further round - it looks like it might, but the lighting means I can't tell.

If I am being retarded, my bad.

No idea, sorry. Why do you ask here?

>Mesa Verde - Cliff Palace

Okay apparently ΔΙΖΖΩΝ is the name of the maker. A name I have never come across before. Apparently the other side bears the name of the owner, ΑΥΕΙΤΟΣ which could be a Greek rendering of Avitus - I feel that it is more likely to be a rendering of a name like Aëtius (which I have not seen rendered in Greek - I will have to check Zosimus), given that at this stage ever written Greek was using β for the Latin v.

Unfortunately the source stating this does not give a full rendering of the inscription. I will keep looking.

Panagyurishte treasure, Tracian - 4th century BC. Discovered completely by accident by a couple of Shepard who immediately called the police instead of melting it as was the practice when you found gold in the 1940s

That is literally the uniform Karl XII was wearing when he was killed in 1718

considering his manner of death- what exactly was this wonderful looking armor for?

That's awesome, unfortunately not everyone acts like him and there's a lot of old stuff we'll never get to see...

To show off I guess, after all he was a king.

>Plate armour of Henry VIII

Plate armour of Maximilian II

A folio from the Codex Mendoza showing the tribute paid to Tenochtitlan in exotic trade goods by the altepetl of Xoconochco on the pacific coast

'Dizzon wear in health. Work of Avitus'

Men with high opinions of themselves lol. I know that henry was an avid jouster. Was Maximilian? Would he have worn that fancy plate in battle?

Sebastokrator/Bolyar Kaloyan frescoe from 1259 AD. Notice the face, it's one of the first known examples of breaking of the orthodox iconography cannon by depicting a body with the right proportions and using shades and expressions on the faces. Scholars call it proto-renaissance. The church itself is a Unesco world heritage site since 1979

He probably didn't fight anyway, so why not wear it in battle? I don't know though.

>Alhambra, Grenada

Depiction of a vase in the Alhambra: Diego Sánchez Sarabia - Jarrón nazarí de los escudos

That's awesome

The Tomb of Bibi Jawindi in Uch Sharif, Punjab, Pakistan

Statue of Saint Peter in the Vatican dating from the 1300's robed in grand Papal vestments.

Himeji Castle, Hyōgo, Japan

Alemanni Seax/Sax from the 5th century AD.

This weapon is peculiar since it was not left in the state it was found (seen on the right) but it was handed to a Japanese master blade polisher to restore a part of its former glory and make its quality apparent to the naked eye. These seax type weapons were a common side-arm during the migration period and early middle ages. They were forged in a manner similar to how the Japanese made their swords during war time. A carbon rich edge steel, that would harden well, was wrapped around a more ductile core steel and then the blade would be differentially quenched to create a hard cutting edge, which can clearly be seen here.
In Japan it is fairly common for blade polishers to handle historical weapons as a means of restoration, which is one of the reasons why historical Japanese swords often look shinier than their European counterparts. The cost is obviously that it is a destructive manner of restoration which cannot be infinitely repeated. In Europe is is more common to preserve weapons in the state they were found.

Very nice

>Germanic Trundholm sun chariot

Nebra sky disc: The disk is attributed to a site near Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt, in Germany, and associatively dated to c. 1600 BC. It has been associated with the Bronze Age Unetice culture.

Strettweg Cult Wagon, Hallstatt culture, c. 600 BC. Found in Austria.

The Holy Lance, also known as the Holy Spear, the Spear of Destiny, or the Lance of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), according to the Gospel of John, is the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross.

This is from Denmark, btw.

he skipped legday

Continuation of that. Not nearly as aesthetic but interesting none the less. A complete 4 wheeled Thracian war chariot, picture was taken during the excavations.

mummified crocodiles

Photos never do this justice; it has to be seen in-person. Sparkles and glints abound!

Interesting, the chariot was a burial object, I assume? Was it all one huge grave/gravesite? Who was buried there?

Pic related is from a building in Isfahan iirc

Roman cavalry helmet, circa 3rd century

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Probably someone of noble stature. What's interesting is that it's not inside of a mound. Most of the kings/noblemen are discovered inside of stone burial chambers beneath mounds. This one one however was found in the fields next to an obviously a very rich (judging by the burial gifts) person. Surprisingly little is known of the Thracians as they left no written evidence behind and their relatively early adoption into the Roman empire. Modern Thracology is mostly based on the archaeological finds so there is a lot of guess work involved

>roman cavalry
Is this YLYL thread?

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Armor porn:

youtube.com/watch?v=rdI6PoJXmZg

ÄN EN GÅNG

Roman cavalry got its act together later in the empire.

Pic related are celtic ceremonial headwears. Not sure what date though.

Why do modern ships like this look so sleek and imposing? By all rights the weird crane things, big radio towers with all the antennae, and the spikey guns coming out from everywhere should look ugly or barbaric. But, to me it looks too nice

yeaaah "headwers" hehe xdDXDDD

>Henry II
Looks a lot younger than 12th century

Awesome find thanks for sharing

Henri II of France, XVIth century.
Or were you maybe trying to convey humour?

ferdinand II armour

Bronze Age Mongolian 'deer stone'

Emmanuel Philiber armour

So it was with these that the Saxons killed Briton chiefs in the treachery of the long knives?

Oh, yeah, talk dirty to me

What

>Boyana Church 1259 AD
nice

There is something extremely aestethic in Mongolian stones...

I live right next to the site were this was found. The Ala I Hispanorum was a Roman Auxiliary Unit originally founded in Spain, as the name suggests so they probably weren't that bad at horse riding.

Pic related is part of the Römerschatz/Roman Treasure that some guy in my town found in his garden as he was digging for aspargus.

Best uniform

Hit me and call me Marta.

St. Nicholas' Tomb in Kilkenny, Ireland. Old Nic was brought from Ankara to Ireland by a Norman Crusading family for protection.

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That is one ugly fucking crown.

Looks like a barbarian's helmet.

Jose Daniel Cabrera Peña - Ottoman sipahi and Aragonese mercenary

The Bashi-Bazouk, Stanisław Chlebowski

The Tortoise Trainer, Osman Hamdi Bey

Wow wtf bump

When you say Henry II, you think of the most famous Henry II.

Mudéjar is most comfy architecture and interior design

For you
It's Roman: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Roman_ridge_helmet

Toltec temple in Tula

Teotihuacan

Kukulcán-Pyramid, Chichén Itzá

Plate armour of Gustav I

>this is why we can't have nice things

What was with Ancient South America and teeth?

They cared a lot about dental hygiene, that's all.

>South America

Looks like the Undead Parish from Dark Souls.

And they left it outside? Dicks

>Ancient South America

Shouldn't you join the brainlet history thread?

So they were more advanced than the British at the time?

Less inbred, for sure

My potential ancestors are entombed there too.