From the stiffened linen of ancient warriors, to the flexible chain mail of Roman soldiers, to the gleaming plate armor of medieval knights, armor has evolved over millennia to protect soldiers in ...

"Because ancient armor was tightly controlled as a valuable ... revealed that another similar martial sport — Historical Medieval Battle — also incorporates the use of armor as protective ...

Many ancient items have come out of excavations ... "The gauntlet would never have been left lying in the streets in medieval Oslo," Håvard Hegdal, an archaeologist at NIKU and the excavation's ...

He compares the unique military formations and armor portrayed ... the accuracy of ancient-warfare battle scenes from "The Northman," "The Last Duel," and "The Wheel of Time." Medieval ...

Participants in a recent research study wore a replica of an ancient suit of armor to test its efficacy. (Credit: Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković) The Bronze Age saw the creation of complex ...

Scientists were surprised to find a medieval metropolis ... likely a workshop where ancient smiths transformed the region's rich iron deposits into swords, armor, or tools.

Photo from Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković, shared by Andreas Flouris When archaeologists unearthed a nearly complete set of ancient Greek armor in 1960, they solved one riddle and triggered ...

HARIDY: Thought to be the scales of this ancient fish-like thing. DANIEL: Forming a kind of armor - the Anatolepis fragments hadn't been imaged in detail before, so Haridy and her team booked time ...