It's only the second known ancient armor of its kind ... "We suggest that this piece of leather scale armor was probably manufactured in the Neo-Assyrian Empire and possibly also the neighbouring ...

Modern-day pieces of armor, such as bullet-proof ... armorers in China did not. "Medieval Chinese armor does not appear to have changed in response to firearms," Peter Lorge, an associate ...

But I stuck with it because I longed to see a piece of ancient armor that I made by my own hand," Wen said. Wen's persistence brought him an increasing reputation among fans of ancient Chinese ...

There are a lot of pieces of field armour from the 16th ... where wealthy knights dominated the battlefield. 'Medieval Chinese armor doesn't seem to have changed in response to firearms,' said ...

observes the armor pieces unearthed from tomb of the Marquis of Haihun Bai Rongjin, a research fellow with the Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that "the smallest ...

While ancient texts had referenced the ... to the legend of King Arthur In addition to the armor, both individuals were found with jade pieces covering their eyes and plugs in their ears and ...

In addition, the large amount of cloth used in many examples of ancient armor has made them hard to preserve, says Liu. It’s only in the past decade that he’s noticed Chinese craftsmen beginning to ...