Body armor

Homer’s warriors simulated by modern-day commandos

A gas analyzer measures the energy expenditure of a Special Forces volunteer after an 11-hour combat simulation in an exact replica of the more than 3,000-year-old Dendra armor. The Dendra armor is an example of Mycenaean-era panoply (full-body armor) made of bronze plates uncovered in the village of Dendra in Argolida.

DNA links mob hit victims to car with weapons

The genetic material found in a car containing heavy weaponry in the Neos Kosmos district of Athens last week has been identified by the Hellenic Police (ELAS) as belonging to the two victims of a mafia attack in Korydallos on June 7.

Vassilis Roubetis, 38, and his brother-in-law Dionysis Mouzakitis, 31, were fatally shot in an ambush linked to ongoing gang rivalries.

Archaeologists Found the Oldest Gun in the World (Video)

During the archaeological excavations in Canna Creek in Colorado, scientists have come across parts of a 16th-century Spanish gun, the oldest in the world, the Fox News television channel reported.

The find could prove to be proof that the Spanish colonists arrived in America much earlier than was supposed.