Since the 19th century, several precious gold objects associated with the Mycenaean civilization have been discovered by archaeologists, predominantly at important burial sites where the royals and elite of Bronze Age Greece were buried.
The Mycenaeans were the first distinctly...
Between c. 1400 and 1200 BC, impressive palaces were the focal points of power for the Mycenaeans in Bronze Age Greece.
The appearance of increasingly sophisticated palatial complexes in Mycenaean Greece coincided with the evolution of Bronze Age Greek society...
King Agamemnon is one of the most famous and significant characters of Greek mythology. He was the leader of the Greek forces that attacked the city of Troy during the Trojan War. But was Agamemnon real, or was he...
In Greek mythology, Atreus the king of Mycenae was the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, the two most prominent commanders in the Trojan War. Is there any evidence that this powerful king really existed? Some researchers have argued that...
The Mycenaeans, the Bronze Age Greeks behind the world of Homer’s Iliad and famed for their monumental Cyclopean walls, were also Europe’s first record keepers. Far beyond the legendary King Agamemnon and imposing citadels, the kingdom of Mycenae in...
Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to narrate the history of Ancient Greece and confirm its influence in Western civilization. In these cities, one finds...
The little-known site, Iklaina, on the Peloponnesian peninsula was a major center of Mycenaean culture; findings now indicate that it was the very first city-state in ancient Greece.
Iklaina marks the transition from a world without organized states to a...
The city of Mycenae was the most powerful city in Greece during much of the Bronze Age. That is why the entire Late Bronze Age and part of the Middle Bronze Age are known as the Mycenaean Era. However,...
Surrounded by towering Cyclopean walls, the ancient Greek city of Tiryns predated Mycenae. Its history began around 7,000 years ago, during the Neolithic period, long before the Bronze Age. Archaeological evidence indicates that Tiryns reached its peak between 1400...
According to a recent study, the Mycenaean Greeks bore genetic influences from diverse ethnic groups as part of the long process of the Indo-Europeanization of Greece, which began around 3100 BC.
The Mycenaean civilization (ca. 1600–1100 BC) was one of...
