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 ...

Associate Professor and Chair of Classics Richard Fernando Buxton taught students in Block 5 about how warfare was conducted ...

For more than a century, Hollywood has shaped our collective image of ancient Greek armor. Whether depicting the fall of Troy, Odysseus' journey or the rise of Alexander the Great, movies often ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A 3,500 year old suit of armour has been put to the test, to see if it could have been used in battle in Ancient Greece. The full-body armour, which included a boar's tusk helmet and bronze plates, ...