Bizarre armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective

It doesn't even look that silly.

I immediately pictured Nandor the Relentless...

But like, we know from writings they had plate armor, we know from paintings this is what it looked like, it's just archeologists insisted it wasn't used because most soldiers weren't buried with functional sets.

It's like 5,000 years from now people saying we didn't have tanks because no soldiers were buried with a tank.

A fighter in this armor at this time, was essentially that. A fucking tank.

And most military members don't own their own personal tank.

This example, is because for whatever reason, one did back then. Probably more likely to be some incredibly rich ruler who would attend battle sites while in the best possible armor, but wasn't ever going to swing a sword while wearing it.

If a normal soldier died wearing this, the government would repair the armor and issue it to a new soldier.