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The very recent release of Christopher Nolan’s epic film has divided audiences: on one side are the director’s die-hard fans, who already hail the movie as a masterpiece...

The very recent release of Christopher Nolan’s epic film has divided audiences: on one side are the director’s die-hard fans, who already hail the movie as a masterpiece

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“The ‘Feathered Helmets’ of the Sea Peoples: Joining the Iconographic and Archaeological Evidence”…or, of ‘Sacred Ancestors’…’Sacred Seas’…’Sacred Epochs’…and, ‘Sacred Symbolism’…a Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Narrative:

[https://www.facebook.com/share/187jQDxy8Z/?mibextid=wwXIfr]

[https://www.facebook.com/share/1JSKpHPbYS/]

“The ‘Feathered Helmets’ of the Sea Peoples: Joining the Iconographic and Archaeological Evidence”:
[https://www.academia.edu/figures/2467347/figure-2-the-feathered-helmets-of-the-sea-peoples-joining]

1 JANUARY 2014

Abstract

This paper follows the iconography [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CoZK9wRaK/] of the 12th century BC Philistine [https://www.facebook.com/share/19chUxxvWf/]
‘feathered helmets’
[https://www.facebook.com/share/187jQDxy8Z/?mibextid=wwXIfr] from the Medinet Habu [https://www.facebook.com/share/19M9DHS4ik/] reliefs [https://www.facebook.com/share/14nqHcseymd/?mibextid=wwXIfr] in Egypt to Cyprus, the Levant [https://www.facebook.com/share/1EHNjAe8Ln/] and the Aegean [https://www.facebook.com/share/1GarmbN73M/], establishing key components of the helmet and its decoration. Possible material remains of such helmets found in 12th century Greece are then compared with the iconographic
[https://www.facebook.com/share/1SEhy2jBoK/] evidence.
[https://www.aegeussociety.org/en/new_article/the-feathered-helmets-of-the-sea-peoples-joining-the-iconographic-and-archaeological-evidence/]

“Early “Feather Headdress” from MB Anatolia!”:

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

AREN MAEIR
[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cMTnyCIAAAAJ&hl=en]

The “Feather Headdress” [https://www.facebook.com/share/187jQDxy8Z/?mibextid=wwXIfr] of the Sea Peoples
[https://www.facebook.com/share/19QG8o2PiP/]
(as seen in the Medinet Habu reliefs) has been pointed out as a well-known attribute of the Philistines [https://www.facebook.com/share/1EbGs3WHGE/] and other Sea Peoples [https://www.facebook.com/share/1FYdBgMkyZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr]. This has been discussed extensively (recently, see: Van de Moortel, A. 2020 Sea Peoples [https://www.facebook.com/share/1YaUiqauUZ/] from the Aegean [https://www.facebook.com/share/19Fy6e5Kzy/]: Identity, Sociopolitical Context, and Antecedents. Pp. 318–35 in Nomads
[https://www.facebook.com/share/1C4wGTHoMQ/] of the Mediterranean [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CJnmVai1o/]: Trade and Contact [https://www.facebook.com/share/1ESvtjW3g2/] in the Bronze and Iron Ages [https://www.facebook.com/share/1C76uTPDDo/]: Studies in Honor of Michal Artzy, eds. A. Gilboa and A. Yasur-Landau. Leiden: Brill), with parallels being brought from the Middle Bronze Aegean
[https://www.facebook.com/share/1Eb9qQ9Ehh/?mibextid=wwXIfr].

A fascinating, and perhaps earlier parallel to this (and possible additional ones) can now be found from early Middle Bronze Anatolia
[https://www.facebook.com/share/1KngLN4aim/], from the fantastic stone relief from Harput, Turkey. This relief, which was briefly published a few years ago, has now been comprehensively published in a great article that I just received (much thanks to one of the authors, Dr. Eşref Abay):

Abay, E., Demir, B., and Sevin, V. 2021. The Relief of Harput: A New Page in the Art History of Ancient Anatolia [https://www.facebook.com/share/1KngLN4aim/]. Altorientalische Forschungen 48(1): 1–25.

In this quite astounding relief, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, there is a beautiful depiction of a siege of a city, including a finely detailed siege tower.

But for the topic of this post what is particularly interesting is the depiction
[https://www.facebook.com/share/1ENRCpr7cT/?mibextid=wwXIfr] of a snake [https://www.facebook.com/share/19LDyiUAqE/] goddess [https://www.facebook.com/share/1DRr4fvRqp/], in the right center of the relief, who has a feather headdress! And in addition to this, the authors note several additional examples of such headdresses from other MB Anatolian [https://www.facebook.com/share/1CZFrUrW32/?mibextid=wwXIfr] depictions!

So, clearly, the “Sea Peoples” [https://www.facebook.com/share/18vzHfRJGx/]
feather headdress has a very long and complex [https://www.facebook.com/share/1BEMcPPXYv/] history [https://www.facebook.com/share/1GdBf7A4BV/?mibextid=wwXIfr]. Not only from [https://www.facebook.com/share/1M6LyftrFw/?mibextid=wwXIfr] the Aegean [https://www.facebook.com/share/19EmRiKFyL/?mibextid=wwXIfr] and Italy [https://www.facebook.com/share/1EMwaCjp9y/?mibextid=wwXIfr], but from early Anatolia [https://www.facebook.com/share/19ddzWhmqj/?mibextid=wwXIfr] as well!
…cont’d @
[https://gath.wordpress.com/2022/02/16/early-feather-headdress-from-mb-anatolia/]

06/09/2026

06/09/2026

The Sardinian Warrior channel was born in October 2008 as my personal blog on Blogger, totaling 100,000 views. 15 years ago I uploaded my video to my new YouTube channel, Sardinian Warrior. Around 2015 I opened the Instagram channel, where I upload photos from my business trip to England. After so many years, it may seem like a small thing to have reached 10,000 views on Instagram (4.5 on YouTube). After so much work, content, videos, photos, etc. shared, one would expect more. But I’m happy, because it means I’ve found 10,000 people interested in what I do. In fact, I owe you my heartfelt thanks, you who followed and supported me. My deepest thanks again. Ad astra per aspera!

il canale Sardinian warrior nasce nell’ottobre 2008 come mio blog personale su blogger, totalizzando 100.000 visualizzazioni. 15 anni fa carico il mio video sul mio nuovo canale di YouTube, Sardinian warrior. intorno al 2015 apro il canale di Instagram, dove carico le foto del mio viaggio di lavoro in Inghilterra. dopo così tanti anni, sembrerà anche poco essere arrivato a 10k su Instagram (4,5 su YouTube), dopo tanto lavoro, contenuti, video, foto, etc. condivisi, uno si aspetterebbe di più. io però son contento, perché vuol dire che ho trovato 10.000 persone interessate a quello che faccio. infatti sono io che devo a voi i miei più sentiti ringraziamenti, voi che mi avete seguito e supportato. ancora i miei più cari ringraziamenti. ad astra per aspera!

06/09/2026

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Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spagna.
datate tra l'VIII e il VI secolo a.C.
corazza a campana, elmo corinzio e schiniere
provenienza Magna Grecia