Archaeologists in Croatia have unearthed a 2,500-year-old helmet that once belonged to the Illyrians, a group of northern “barbarians” who lived on the periphery of ancient Greece and Rome.
Velia is 40 kilometers (25 miles) southeast of Paestum, a much-visited site of ancient Greek temples. The recently completed excavation at Velia unearthed a pair of helmets in good condition, the ...