Have Wine for Breakfast, Put On a 51-Pound Suit and Get to the Battlefield NYT: Science By: Amanda Holpuch 6 June 2024 at 09:55 Greek soldiers recreated ancient life conditions in a study to determine if the Dendra panoply, armor used by the Mycenaeans some 3,500 years ago, could stand up to combat. Study authors found it did. ยฉ Andreas D. Flouris/University of ThessalyA soldier in a replica of ancient armor.