https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/05/23/3500-year-old-mycenaean-armour-was-suitable-for-extended-battle/
Interesting stuff and right up my alley
Useful snippet on testing practical use of Dendra armour.
Quote from: Imperial Dave on May 28, 2024, 09:01:44 AMhttps://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2024/05/23/3500-year-old-mycenaean-armour-was-suitable-for-extended-battle/
Interesting stuff and right up my alley
So the Mycenaeans were from Wales as well were they now?
Didn't you know?
Tsk tsk
:)
It has always been my opinion that ceremonial armour probably evolves from battlefield armour OR is more artistically worked version of battlefield armour. The alternative, that someone decides to coat themselves with metal clothes, does not make much sense. I know some ceremonial clothes have become ridiculously unwieldy but this is also often an evolution over time.
Quote from: Keraunos on May 29, 2024, 01:14:32 AMSo the Mycenaeans were from Wales as well were they now?
I thought actually they were from the other side. Brutus, the ancestor of the Ancient British, and hence Welsh, was a Trojan. The Trojans also founded the Roman Empire. What are the odds ? :)
Absolutely. Read the Mabinogian :)