Alexander’s men wore linothorax, a highly effective type of body armor created by laminating together layers of linen, research finds. This mosaic of Alexander the Great shows the king wearing linothorax — an armor made from laminated linen. Martin Beckmann By Rossella Lorenzi A Kevlar-like armor might have helped Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) conquer nearly the entirety of the […]

By Rossella Lorenzi | Mon Jan 11, 2010 03:54 AM ET A Kevlar-like armor might have helped Alexander the Great (356–323 B.C.) conquer nearly the entirety of the known world in little more than two decades, according to new reconstructive archaeology research. Presented at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in Anaheim, Calif., the study suggests that […]