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Experts reveal fragments from rare Iron Age helmet
Other insights included the revelation Iron Age craftsmen were capable of using techniques like mercury gilding and "we didn't know they could do this in Britain 2,000 years ago", she said. The ...
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Rare Iron Age helmet identified among Snettisham Hoard fragments
The study confirmed that Iron Age metalworkers had perfected the art of mercury gilding, applying gold to bronze using a poisonous mercury-gold amalgam. "We didn't know they could do this in ...