Posted: December 09, 1999 at 13:00:43: by Michael Martinez
: : Unfortunately, Jackson's hobbits are dressed in medieval
: : clothing, and I guess we'll have to wait and see if they have
: : clocks. In general I agree with Martin's comments, although
: : the Guards of the Citadel should indeed have an Egyptian look
: : and feel to their helms (they're wearing chainmail, so the
: : Norman knight comparison, conceded by Tolkien, is acceptable
: : in that respect).: Big excision: : The ancient Egyptians weren't very overt with their helmets.
: Indeed, until the Hyksos invasion there is little evidence for
: them at all. The only helmet much shown is the Blue or War
: Crown of the king himself - which doesn't resemble those of the
: Tower Guard in any real way. Most Egyptian helmets seem to
: have been simple bronze skull-caps worn beneath their
: traditional head-dress (hetef?) - the stripey cloth with stiff
: folds. Other Egyptian helmets seem to be composite affairs
: made of overlapping bronze scales attached to some sort of
: underlying frame. The helms for the Tower Guards were modelled on the Gondorian crown, which was modelled on the Egyptian crown.
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