The warrior of Capestrano

Capestrano - Capestrano is a town in the Abruzzo region in the province of L'Aquila; rises 465 meters above sea level and has 1,000 inhabitants. September 1934: one of the most important archaeological finds in all of Italian history. This is the warrior of Capestrano, now preserved in the archaeological museum of Chieti. It is a mysterious and fascinating find of which it is not known who can represent or date it with sufficient accuracy.

The warrior statue is 209 cm tall, stands upright with a strange plate-shaped headdress and a mask on his face. He remembers in physical features the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, wide hips, narrow waist. Originally the statue was painted all red, as evidenced by tiny traces of red pigments residual on the statue. The representation of the two lateral spears is singular, reminiscent of some Akkadian or Sumerian seals. The inscription engraved on the pillar to the left of the statue is enigmatic; it is a very complex language of the Oscan or Etruscan type, difficult to interpret. In short, it is still a dense mystery to be solved.