An artifact discovered by Schliemann was a bronze helmet, this found at the site of Troy. Although the entire helmet was not intact, the upper portion was found attached to a skull. One interesting thing to note is that the helmet seemed to contain a ridge which was designed to incorporate a horse- hair plume at the top (Schliemann, 281). This horse-hair plume style of helmet was also mentioned in the book VI of the Iliad.

“He stretched his arms towards his child, but the boy cried and nestled in his nurse’s bosom, scared at the sight of his father’s armour, and at the horse-hair plume that nodded fiercely from his helmet. His father and mother laughed to see him, but Hector took the helmet from his head and laid it all gleaming upon the ground. ” (Homer. Il VI).

Although this may have been a common piece of equipment in the bronze age, Homer’s descriptions of these helmet are strikingly similar to the ones found at the site of Troy. This helps prove that Homer’s Iliad is rooted in history, rotted in fact. He described a piece of armor that existed hundreds of years before him with near one hundred percent accuracy.