11 Jul 2024

Putting 3000-year-old armour to the test on modern day soliders

From Nights, 10:17 pm on 11 July 2024

Researchers at University of Thessaly in Greece set out to determine if the suit of armour was used in combat, or just for ceremonial purposes.

The lead author of the research paper and the director of the FAME Lab at the University of Thessaly in Volos, Greece, Andreas Flouris joins Emile Donovan to discuss what they found.

Volunteer marine soldiers in simulated combat wearing the Dendra armour replica during the empirical study (right) and an artistic photo shoot (left).

Volunteer marine soldiers in simulated combat wearing the Dendra armour replica during the empirical study (right) and an artistic photo shoot (left). Photo: Supplied/Andreas Flouris and Marija Marković