An X-ray image of a metal tasset — a piece of 17th-century armor that protected a thigh — unearthed at the archaeological site of the 1634 settlement at St. Mary's, the first European ...

While searching a field in the Polish village of Mikułowice with his metal detector, amateur treasure hunter and YouTuber Patryk Chmielewski happened upon a set of 17th-century armor that once ...

Piece of 17th-Century Armor Identified in Maryland. News February 28, 2024 ... of metal unearthed at the colonial fort at Historic St. Mary’s City confirm that it once formed part of a suit of ...

The archaeological team has been excavating St. Mary’s Fort, a structure built in 1634 and considered Maryland’s earliest colonial site, since 2020.The armor piece was covered in mud, but X ...

One of the biggest discoveries was pulled out of the ground late last year: a plate of early-17th-century armor that’s decorated with heart-shaped clusters of rivets. Other finds have been more grim, ...

De Boer's latest commission, “Maratha Empire and Hussar Fusion Mouse” features elements of 17th-century Indian armor as well as the distinctive wings of the Polish calvary's Winged Hussars.

A flattened scrap of metal buried at the site of a 17th-century colonial fort in Maryland was once part of a suit of armor, X-rays reveal. Archaeologists discovered the slightly concave "slab ...

Armor, it notes, served as a powerful status symbol from the late 14th until the early 17th century, a time known as the golden age of plate armor.

Gladiator Helmet (Roman Empire, c. 1st Century C.E.): "Among only three such artifacts in the Americas, this helmet offers a rare glimpse into the dramatic world of Roman Colosseum sports." ...

Gladiator Helmet (Roman Empire, c. 1st Century C.E.): "Among only three such artifacts in the Americas, this helmet offers a rare glimpse into the dramatic world of Roman Colosseum sports." ...

Comprising arms, armor and metalwork from around the world and from antiquity to the 19th century, the collection is particularly known for its rare grouping of suits of plate armor from 15th- to ...