The armour, found in the Greek village of Dendra in 1960 ... limitations on the researchers' ability to perfectly replicate Bronze Age combat in a historically accurate way.

The Bronze Age Mycenaeans were an ancient civilization from the Greek mainland known for their impressive architecture, rich culture, and mysterious decline. Perhaps most famously, the Mycenaeans were ...

“The Mycenaeans were an ancient Greek civilization that flourished ... over Aegean islands and Asia Minor. The Dendra armor, a full-body bronze plate suit made by the Mycenaeans in 1450 BCE ...

“It was perfectly evident that this armor could have been used in battle,” says Ken Wardle, a Greek prehistorian at the University of Birmingham. Several decades ago, only scattered evidence had been ...

With its overlapping bronze plates that covered the shoulders and fell below the knee, the armour was even more unwieldy than Pitt’s, but Greek soldiers from the Hellenic Armed Forces found it ...

Languages: English, Spanish 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 ...

Modern military volunteers donned replicas of ancient Greek armour and engaged in exercises inspired by Homer’s epic poem The Iliad. The demonstration shows how elite Bronze Age warriors could ...

Not only that, but the development of such armor in the Late Bronze Age in Europe could explain the rise of ancient Greek culture and influence in the region. "Our results support the notion that ...

A soldier wearing a replica of a bronze armor.Credit...Andreas D. Flouris/University of Thessaly Supported by By Amanda Holpuch One by one, Greek soldiers, bellies full from a breakfast of red ...

Is that what prehistoric Greek armor was really like? And what was it made of? Spears tipped with bronze, a silver-studded bronze sword, shields of bronze, helmets ditto, "the sublime bronze of ...