When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Restored 15th-century Italian armor that's now on display at The Met in New York City. But could ...

The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armor, say researchers. A new study shows that soldiers carrying armor in Medieval times ...

Samuel Lee is the founder and leading construction artist for Prince Armory, a design studio that produces wildly imaginative, fully wearable armor suits modeled after comic icons like Batman, Joker, ...

Tobias Capwell is an independent scholar, curator, an expert on arms and armor, as well as a historical advisor for movies and TV. In this video he reacts to the armor and combat in 10 games featuring ...

Barbie can now slay your dragons, and she'll look fabulous doing it.Through a successful Kickstarter campaign, one super-nerd dad in Wisconsin has designed a 40-piece medieval armor kit for Barbie ...

With the help of a treadmill, the team was able to assess how much energy someone wearing armour would have used (Footage: University of Leeds) Medieval suits of armour were so exhausting to wear that ...

Be careful. This terrifying, fully wearable set of "Star Wars" inspired armor is so good it may tempt you to the Dark Side. Samuel Lee is the founder of Prince Armory, a costume and prop design ...

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Medieval suits of armour were so exhausting to wear that they could have affected the outcomes of famous battles, a study suggests. Scientists monitored volunteers fitted with 15th Century replica ...