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Ancient Greek Armor Found by Researchers May Have Been Used in the Trojan War

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, ...
Miami Herald

Was ancient Greek armor battle-ready or ceremonial? Hands-on experiment offers clues

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, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Soldiers Put an Ancient Greek Suit of Armor to the Test, and It Passed

The soldiers fought in replicas of a suit of armor found near the ancient site of Mycenae in Greece. Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković / PLOS ONE For decades, archaeologists have wondered whether a ...
Newsweek

Marines Find 3,500-Year-Old Greek Armor Battle-Worthy

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 journal ...
New Atlas

Greek Marines don 3,500-year-old armor to prove it's combat-capable

An ancient mystery may have been solved after researchers, with the help of 13 Hellenic Marines, proved that a unique 3,500-year-old suit of Greek armor wasn't necessarily just for show, but could ...
New Scientist

Modern soldiers test ancient Greek armour to show it worked for war

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 have ...
Nature

Greek soldiers prove that ancient armour was combat-worthy

Homer’s epic account of the Trojan war in the Iliad depicts the Mycenaeans — members of an ancient civilization that flourished in Greece between 1600 and 1100 bc — as fearless warriors. New research ...
GIGAZINE

Active duty Marines recreate the legendary Trojan War wearing 3,500-year-old 'ancient Greek armor,' proving it is a weapon for real combat

Mycenaean armor from the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, and performing an 11-hour battle depicted in Homer's epic poem, ' The Iliad.' The results showed that the armor was designed to withstand real ...
The Daily Telegraph

Ancient Greek armour tested on marines works surprisingly well

Bulky bronze armour sported by Brad Pitt as Achilles in the film Troy may look cumbersome but it was surprisingly battle-friendly, experts have proven. Researchers at the University of Thessaly in ...
TweakTown

New Halo 3 armor has Greek and Norse myths, knights, ancient Spartans

Halo 3 is getting a ton of new armor skins and variants based on Greek and Norse mythology, ancient Spartans, and a slew of rad medieval sets from the crusades era. Rather than look to the future, ...