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Detail of the Helmets
Soldiers at the empty tomb, Mural, Saint John Chrysostom Church, Geraki (Geronthres), Byzantine Morea, Greece, c.1300AD.

Image source: "A Sinic Ideogram in a Wall-Painting in Geraki, Laconia" by N. K. Moutsopoulus, 2011

Note the Chinese character on a helmet, perhaps derived from the Mongol invasions of Armenia and Anatolia. The Japanese Hellenist Mr. M. Sougagia, who studied it, tells us that it is the Chinese word (hi) interpreted as 'Great, high, super, commanding'. The interpretation relates definitely to the wearer of the helmet or the military unit in which he served.

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Detail of the Helmets Soldiers at the empty tomb, Mural, Saint John Chrysostom Church, Geraki (Geronthres), Byzantine Morea, Greece, c.1300AD.

Detail of the Helmets
Soldiers at the empty tomb, Mural, Saint John Chrysostom Church, Geraki (Geronthres), Byzantine Morea, Greece, c.1300AD.