Mycenaean society shaped Bronze Age Greece through palace economies, warrior elites, regional kingdoms, trade networks, and religious...
Mycenaean Civilization
Mycenaean civilization developed around fortified palace centers in Bronze Age Greece. Explore the rulers and communities revealed through archaeology and the earliest written form of Greek.
Finding evidence for an earlier drainage project, one dating to the last phase of the Greek Bronze...
We know a lot about the Mycenaeans because they left written records which can be read. Introduction...
A fragmented painting of a woman bearing offerings, from the Mycenaean palace at Tiryns. (Carole Raddato/Wikimedia Commons) Researchers found...
The Lion Gate at Mycenae / Photo by Andreas Trepte, Wikimedia Commons The art and architecture of Mycenaean...
The summit of Mt Zagaras north of Athens. Jason König In ancient times, they were the shrines and ritual sites to the Greek gods. These days, they’re astonishingly...
Entrance to Prosilio tomb 2; horse bits found with the burial (Yannis Galanakis) The discovery this summer of...
Fresco from Mycenae (1250-1180 BCE). Photo by Mark Cartwright, Archeaological Museum Mycenae By Judith Weingarten / 11.27.2016...