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)?
Magneto?
I was thinking Juggernaut, but they prob shopped at the same supe store
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.
Had enough of xaviers shit.
Madvillian
That doesnt seem best practice. Looks cool.
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…
On an unrelated note, I genuinely loved the new Indiana Jones game… It was amazing.
Taking things from other countries to put in faraway museums,
“Taking”
This is the way.
He probably saw how cool he looked in the photo and made wearing that his entire personality. Thats what I’d do at least.
Just guys being dudes
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