Herbert Maryon
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Herbert James Maryon was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon practised and taught sculpture until retiring in 1939, then worked as a c
Winged Victory by Herbert Maryon
1901 memorial to Bernard Gilpin, designed by Maryon, in St Cuthbert's Church
The University of Reading War Memorial, designed by Maryon and dedicated in 1924
Students dancing around Statue of Industry after tarring and feathering it
Emesa helmet
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The Emesa helmet is a Roman cavalry helmet from the early first century AD. It consists of an iron head piece and face mask, the latter of which is covered in a sheet of silver and presents the indivi
Herbert Maryon
…proposed a widely publicised theory in 1953 on the construction of the Colossus of Rhodes, influencing Salvador Dalí and others, and restored the Roman Emesa helmet in 1955. He left the museum in 1961, a year after his official retirement, and began an around-the-world trip lecturing and researching Chinese magic…
The gold funerary mask from tomb 1
One of six Medusa ornaments from tomb 1's sarcophagus
30 April 1955 front cover of The Illustrated London News, issued shortly after the helmet's restoration
The Nijmegen helmet is also classified as a cavalry sports helmet.