Tang-era golden armour identified

[Duncan Head]

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/tang-dynasty-guilded-armor/

Should have been gilded not guilded, of course!

And from a tomb of a Tuyuhun king, interesting!

[Keraunos]

The gilding might have been done by a guild 

[Imperial Dave]

Boom tish...

[tadamson]

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3340394/chinese-team-restores-legendary-tang-dynasty-golden-armour-found-tibetan-tomb?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article

Nice pictures of the recreated cerimonial gold armour.

[Duncan Head]

I don't see any pictures that aren't in the first link - am I missing something?

[Erpingham]

am I missing something?

I've merged two topics to keep the subject together. Tom may not have seen this original.

[tadamson]

mea culpa

I have been sorely distracted by the 'mile of miniatures' challenge, and the associated 'how many figures can you print at once' task.....  totaly missed this thread until I was catching up on the news...

Heavily armoured cavaly are a feature in the differing Tuyuhun armies. Chinese sources seem to repeat the story of tieta (iron pagoda) units.