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Soldiers Put an Ancient Greek Suit of Armor to the Test, and It Passed
Discovered in the southern Greek village of Dendra in 1960, the outfit is one of the oldest complete suits of European armor in existence, the researchers write in a study published in the peer ...
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Ancient 3,500-year-old Mycenaean armor tested in epic combat simulation shows Homer’s Iliad wasn’t just a fantasy story after all
To address this question, the researchers recruited thirteen Marines from the Hellenic Armed Forces to wear replicas of the ...