This discovery offers new insights into the military prowess of the Mycenaeans and reshapes our understanding of ancient warfare. Open the Youtube video. Ancient Armor’s Combat Potential: ...

A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of ...

Several important and beautiful discoveries of Mycenaean gold objects have been made by archaeologists, particularly in royal ...

A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of the ...

The 3,500-year-old Dendra armor may not look sleek, but new research shows how battle-worthy it really was. A Greek military volunteer wears a replica of the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor and bears ...

Bizarre armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective ... using Homer’s works as a source of knowledge about military operations was a bit like reconstructing modern warfare’s ...

A 3,500-year-old suit of Mycenaean armour may have been used in battle - and not just for ceremonial purposes as previously thought – new research reveals.

A renowned Mycenaean suit of armor, long debated by historians, was tested and found to be suitable for extended combat. This study was led by Andreas Flouris of the University of Thessaly, Greece ...

Modern marines have tested out ancient Greek body armor in an 11-hour simulation of Bronze Age combat and found it to be battle-worthy. The experiment, for a study published in the open-access ...

The findings suggest that Mycenaean armour technology played a key part in the civilization’s dominance of the ancient Mediterranean, the authors say. Nature 629 , 975 (2024) doi: https://doi ...