Ceremonial items recovered at various Late Bronze Age graves around the Aegean Sea often include ornate daggers and swords, elaborate bronze greaves, and even scale models of chariots. These wartime relics might have served a purely decorative purpose but they were likely worn in combat by elite troops such as lord Agamemnon's personal guard. Such elaborate finery and expertly-crafted weapons would have signalled to all on the battlefield that these were the very best warriors of Mycenae; to be buried with such weapons would celebrate a lifetime of service to the king.