They had crossed most of Persia, climbed snowbound mountains and fought tribes that hurled stones at them from the cliffs.

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, ...

Greek Citizens Who Were All SoldiersGreek city-states share some commonalities with the city-states built in the Orient ...

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.