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Today the armor is being displayed at Nauplion Archaeological museum. The armor should have been constructed around the middle of the 15th century BC (Late Helladic II period) and it is being consisted exclusively by bronze plates, in total 18 pieces of different sizes and shapes (full plate armor).
17 Νοε 2020 · Fresco of a Figure Eight shield from Mycenae Acropolis, 15th century B.C.; Tower and Figure Eight shields on the famous Lion Hunt dagger from Mycenae, 16th century B.C.; Mycenaean warriors preparing for battle, via weaponsandwarfare.com
Mycenaean Armor. 1600-1100 B.C. Undoubtedly the Late Helladic era (15th -11th century BC), well known as Mycenean period, is characterized as a vivid war-centric society.
From the 15th century BC, Mycenaean power started expanding towards the Aegean, the Anatolian coast and Cyprus. Mycenaean armies shared several common features with other contemporary Late Bronze Age powers: they were initially based on heavy infantry, with spears, large shields and in some occasions armor.
4 Δεκ 2020 · Fresco of a Figure Eight shield from Mycenae Acropolis, 15th century B.C., in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, via Ancient History Encyclopedia. So-called ‘Figure Eight’ shields are known from the 15th century onwards.
The Dendra panoply or Dendra armour is an example of Mycenaean-era panoply (full-body armor) made of bronze plates uncovered in the village of Dendra in the Argolid, Greece. It is currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Nafplion .
6 Αυγ 2024 · Mycenaean full armor of composite construction (15th – 13th century BC). It consists of two types of sizeable epaulets, the thorax armor and the protection of the lower limbs.
