DNA research is shedding new light on the mysterious ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and their counterparts on the Greek mainland, the Mycenaeans. The civilizations were Europe ...

Stars like these are "rare" in Mycenaean iconography ... UC Classics The newly-discovered tombs draw comparisons to the grave of the Griffin Warrior, so named because it contained an ivory ...

But they also questioned the historical accuracy of the simulated combat, and cautioned against using this one suit of armour to draw broad conclusions about the Mycenaeans — people whose ...

A digital reconstruction revealed the face of a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean royal woman, providing a remarkable glimpse into the ancient world of Mycenae, centuries before the Trojan War and the time ...

“This made the Mycenaean warriors some of the best equipped in the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late Bronze Age,” says professor Andreas Flouris, a researcher at the University of ...

A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of the ...

A 3,500-year-old suit of Mycenaean armour may have been used in battle - and not just for ceremonial purposes as previously thought – new research reveals. Researchers worked with a group of ...

A 3,500-year-old suit of Mycenaean armour may have been used in battle -- and not just for ceremonial purposes as previously thought -- new research reveals. A 3,500-year-old suit of Mycenaean ...