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Now, this question is from the Zgubi, another one from the Sgrubi.

I have one question.

How long were bronze helmets used, despite having better materials available?

They seen quite long-lasting part of equipment.

Yes, indeed. Yes, indeed they do. So,

why is the question? Now, doing some hunting about the bronze helmet seems to span our entire period that what you have, of course, in the very first helmets of the ancient world is we've got bronze conical helmets from Babylon and Ur and Uratu and the Sumerians have them.

So bronze helmets seem to come in very soon, and their qualities for being able to

defend and protect your head are recognised.

One of the remarkable things about the thickness of a lot of the bronze that's used as how thin it is. This is not

thick bronze, but it's, it offers protection nonetheless. Obviously there are famous examples of

damaged bronze helmets and damaged other bronze work, which seems to be repaired, which is fascinating in itself,

because of course, if they're repairing it, A, it's repairable, B, it's worth repairing,

obviously because it's expensive commodity. So in that sense, the structural integrity,

for lack of a better term, even with a damage, even with

battle damage, is worthwhile fixing that, you know, a lightning one, strike twice, that if you

fix a hole in a helmet where you took a wound or where the helmet was breached.

It's not going to breach there again.

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