A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

A helmet up for auction in London is a well-preserved example of the "Corinthian" helmets used by many hoplite warriors.

It’s expected to be the most expensive object in the auction’s catalog. Experts say the helmet belonged to a hoplite, a kind of ancient Greek foot soldier who wore heavy armor to shield ...

Researchers posit that the helmet's owner was a Greek soldier who fought in the fifth-century B.C. Persian Wars. Clara Amit / Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority In 2007, the crew of a ...

The Spartan hoplites organized themselves into a tight-packed phalanx that then relentlessly pushed forward behind this wall of bronze.

The surprise defeat of the mighty Persian Empire in 490 B.C. began the Golden Age of Athens and the Greco-Persian wars. A well-armed Greek hoplite (right) slays a Persian soldier in a detail from ...

Dressed like the ancient Greek equivalent of those Abercrombie and Fitch store models, Phil riled up the crowd of wannabe Spartans under his hoplite helmet.

A rare Corinthian helmet from ancient Greece, made of bronze and dating back to between 500 and 450 BCE, is set to be auctioned in London later this month. The auction house Apollo Art Auctions is ...

The helmet was made in the Corinthian style, though historians don't know whether the style actually originated in Corinth. Apollo Art Auctions A rare ancient Greek helmet is heading to the ...