Linothorax, a type of armor that is said to have been used in ancient Greece, has been confirmed to exist since the 8th century BC, but few existing specimens remain. The wife of the professor in ...

When most people think of warfare in the ancient Mediterranean world, they picture armored men fighting with heavy spears. The Greek hoplite—the quintessential, heavily armored “man of bronze"—has ...

In 356-323 B.C. Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered almost the entire known world by military force. Surprisingly, not much is known about how he did it! An ancient and mysterious armor called ...

Alexander the Great conquered much of the known world — Greece to Egypt and Egypt to the borders of India — more than 2,300 years ago, and he remained undefeated on the battlefield at the time of his ...