Helmet
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A helmet is a form of protective gear worn to protect the head. More specifically, a helmet complements the skull in protecting the human brain. Ceremonial or symbolic helmets without protective funct
The French cyclist Jérémy Leveau wearing a bicycle helmet
A medieval reenactor wearing a sallet
A motocross helmet with goggles and elongated chin bar
Boar tusk Minoan helmet, 1600–1500 BCE
Corinthian helmet
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The Corinthian helmet originated in ancient Greece and took its name from the city-state of Corinth. It was a helmet made of bronze which in its later styles covered the entire head and neck, with sli
Helmet
…helmets had military uses, though some may have had more ceremonial than combat applications. Two important helmet types to develop in antiquity were the Corinthian helmet and the Roman galea. During the Middle Ages, many different military helmets and some ceremonial helmets were developed, almost all being metal. Some…
Bronze Corinthian helmet, c. 500 BCE, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 4330)
Italo-Corinthian helmet, Getty Villa
Bust of Pericles with Corinthian helmet, Roman copy after a Greek original from ca. 430 BC