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 ...

Scientists and modern soldiers tested a replica of the 3,500-year-old Dendra armor in a hands-on experiment and found it was functional, a study said. Photo from Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković, ...

Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of Liu ...

Sixty-four years ago, a team of archaeologists found a 3,500-year-old suit of armor in Dendra, Greece, several miles from the ancient site of Mycenae. Known as the Dendra Panoply, researchers were ...

In the early morning hours of May 18, two volumes of the famous Chu Silk Manuscript arrived in Beijing. The earliest known examples of silk books ever discovered, the manuscripts date to around the ...

Ancient Greek body armor was tough enough to protect a Mycenaean soldier in battle 3,500 years ago, according to a new study.

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, ...

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