Mycenaean
Ancient Greece
DNA Analysis Sheds Light on Minoan and Mycenaean Genetic Origins
For the first time, scientists have obtained genetic material and analyzed genome sequences from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans, who lived three to five thousand years ago. The new analysis suggests that the Minoans and Mycenaeans share a great deal...
Ancient Greece
A Drought May Be Behind the “Bronze Age Collapse”
Archaeologists have long debated the cause of the "Bronze Age Collapse," or when ancient civilizations all collapsed one after another.
Archaeology
Evidence Suggests Modern Greeks Have DNA Links to Mycenaeans
DNA evidence suggests that living Greeks are indeed descendants of the ancient Mycenaeans, who ruled Greece from 1,600 BC to 1,200 BC.