Have Wine for Breakfast, Put On a 51-Pound Suit and Get to the Battlefield

Greek soldiers recreated ancient life conditions in a study to determine if the Dendra panoply, armor used by the Mycenaeans some 3,500 years ago, could stand up to combat. Study authors found it did. Greek soldiers recreated ancient life conditions in a study to determine if the Dendra panoply, armor used by the Mycenaeans some 3,500 years ago, could stand up to combat. Study authors found it did. Greek Civilization, Copper, Brass and Bronze, Wines, Diet and Nutrition, Research, Defense and Military Forces, Tests and Examinations, PLoS One (Journal), Homer, England, Europe, Greece, Mycenae (Greece), Thessaly (Greece), Mediterranean Sea, Iliad (Book) NYT > Science