Mask from Nahal Hemar, Nahal Hemar Cave, Judean Desert. Date: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B period - c. 8800–6500 BC. Medium: limestone, asphalt, and pigments - From the exhibition “Face to Face: The Oldest Masks in the World”. Collection: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Bronze Pylos-type Helmet (325-300 BC), Etruria (crown); from Hellenic colony in southern Italy.
This Pylos-type helmet is decorated with a laurel leaf golden crown, rosettes and Gorgoneions.
H: 40cm; W: 28cm, D: 22 cm
MET Museum
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