• Mockernut@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Maybe the dude just wanted to try an ancient perspective? Don’t know about the details of a helmet from that time - but I equate it to wearing your friends powerful subscription glasses. Agree with other post’s though - most likely he put it on to make a funny.

    I am curious: Would a find like this be a huge “Payday”? Is it someone else’s property you just found (it belongs to whomever funded the dig)?

    Edit: Repatriation and the Ownership of Antiquities.

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      5 days ago

      The humble beginnings of a super villain, but he wasn’t actually evil until society pointed out that archeology was cultural theft, so he shrugged and got super powers.

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      The first half of the 20th century was a different time for archeology. Taking things from other countries to put in faraway museums, tripping ancient traps, punching Nazis…

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    4 days ago

    He probably saw how cool he looked in the photo and made wearing that his entire personality. Thats what I’d do at least.

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    5 days ago

    Wasn’t there the story about that one bloke who dug up a helmet like this, later variety so a bit more head shaped right, put it on and couldn’t get the bloody thing off again can’t remember how they managed maybe a bit of olive oil idk