To create a good historical impression it is essential to study the finds from your chosen time period intensively, in order to recreate them as close to the original as possible. Without this attention to detail the audience will not see an historically accurate image of the past.
Many of our reconstructions are created after months of research with detailed instructions by specialised craftsmen. Some are crafted by ourselves, if we are able to.
This is a list of the reconstructions we are especially proud of.
A lot of the discovered items from Vergina are unique in the Hellenistic archaeological context, among them an impressive set of iron armour, which is attributed to King Philip II of Macedon himself. The iron torso armour is richly ornamented with gilded embellishments, and alongside it archaeologists found a matching iron helmet of Macedonian-Phrygian type.
The tomb of Vergina contained a large number of grave goods, many of which are unique in the ancient Greek archaeological context. One of the most striking finds is a golden chest, called a Larnax, which contained the remains of the deceased ruler. Out of a large number of silver vessels, we reconstructed a so-called Kylix. Also among the discoveries was a diadem.
One of the two helmets from the Prodromi grave is unique inside the archaeological evidence of ancient Greece. It is a mix of a Thracian, Phrygian, Boetian, and Attic type. The helmet was also plated with silver, which was achieved in the reconstruction using a modern method, since the historical method is highly poisonous.
The cuirass from the Prodromi grave was fitted with golden decorations. The way it is shaped indicates that it belonged to a cavalryman, because it allows the wearer to sit comfortably sit on horseback
The reconstructed cuirass was only smoothed by stroking it with a hammer after the forging, but not polished, which is why it retained the black iron look. We can't say if this would have been the case for the original, because of too heavy corrosion.
The sword from the Prodromi grave.
The iron sheath was covered in leather according to the publication of the find. For the reconstructed Kopis, we dyed the leather using rust. The belt was of course not part of the original find, which is why we based our reconstruction on the paintings in the tomb of Lyson-Kallikles.
