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The Hallaton Helmet is a decorated iron Roman cavalry parade helmet originally covered in a sheet of silver and decorated in places with gold leaf. It was discovered in 2000 near Hallaton , Leicestershire after Ken Wallace, a member of the Hallaton Fieldwork Group, found coins in the area.
Hawaiian feather helmets, known as mahiole in the Hawaiian language, [2] were worn with feather cloaks (ʻahu ʻula). These were symbols of the highest rank reserved for the men of the aliʻi , [ 3 ] the chiefly class of Hawaii.
These artists all depicted Hawaiian warriors clad in feather capes, some wearing helmet. Another example is "A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his Helmet" (engraving by John Keyse Sherwin, after Webber's painting, 1778–1784) which has been identified as Kanaʻina (Kalaimanokahoʻowaha), who was killed during the altercation. [96]
Officials are looking for a man suspected for stealing cultural artwork worth $30,000 from the park's hotel.
The Coast Guard has called off its search for a missing teenage couple believed to have gone swimming one night last week off of Oahu's North Shore in Hawaii. Human remains have since been located ...
The robbers got tangled in a physical altercation with the victim just before 7 p.m. Friday at the Top in Town Wireless store on 32-78 Steinway St. in Astoria, according to the NYPD.
The Hallaton Treasure, the largest hoard of British Iron Age coins, was discovered in 2000 near Hallaton in southeast Leicestershire, England, by volunteers from the Hallaton Fieldwork Group. The initial find was made by Ken Wallace on 19 November 2000, when he found about 130 coins with a metal detector. [1]
Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao was the king of the island when Captain James Cook came to Hawaiʻi, and the king went aboard Cook's ship on November 26, 1778. [7] After Cook anchored at Kealakekua Bay in January 1779, Kalaniʻōpuʻu-a-Kaiamamao paid a ceremonial visit on January 26, 1779, and exchanged gifts including a ʻahuʻula (feathered cloak) [9] [10] [11] and mahiole (ceremonial helmet ...