Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But in 2008 a team of Italian archaeologists began to excavate outside the ancient city wall at Himera, a Greek colony on the ...

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 ...

Greek historians like Herodotus are famous for writing down some of the first-ever Western historical records and waxing poetic about the skirmishes and wars waged throughout Ancient Greece. But just ...

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, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) But in 2008 a team of Italian archaeologists began to excavate outside the ancient ...

Katherine Reinberger received funding for this research from the University of Georgia Graduate School (Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant, Dean's Award), the University of Georgia ...