This Celtic helmet was discovered among the grave goods of a chamber tomb at Canosa in Apulia/Italy, where 3 warriors were buried in the late 4 c. BC.
Its presence in an otherwise distinctly local Apulian burial is pecially intriguing. From ca 400BC, Celtic groups expanded eastward across Europe, while Celtic mercenaries fought in conflicts throughout the Mediterranean. The helmet may have been taken as battlefield booty before becoming a burial gift for an Apulian warrior.
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Altes Museum
