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Warrior of Capestrano

6th century BCE · 6th century BCE

The Warrior of Capestrano is a limestone statue of a warrior, more than two metres tall, found in 1934 in a cemetery at Capestrano in Abruzzo, Italy. Made in the 6th century BCE, it shows a man in a broad-brimmed hat with breastplate, sword and axe. An inscription in the South Picene language names its maker. It is kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo at Chieti.

Warrior of Capestrano
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Warrior of Capestrano. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/warrior-of-capestrano
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