For decades, archaeologists have wondered whether a suit of Bronze Age armor found in Greece—boar's tusk helmet, bronze plates and all—would really have protected its wearer in combat.

Dr. Flouris's team prepared replicas of the Dendra armor and Bronze Age weapons. Then, 13 marines underwent a quick course in ancient fighting principles based on sources such as Homer's "Iliad." ...

The ruins of a prehistoric skyscraper: New research is revealing how Cornish tin appears to have boosted a long-lost Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization. This aerial photo shows that ...