Mycenae
Sign in to saveMycenae ( ; or , Mykē̂nai or Mykḗnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos; and south of Corinth. The site is inland from the Saronic Gulf and built upon a hill rising above sea level.
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Mycenae is an archaeological site located in northeastern Greece, near the city of Argos and southwest of Athens, situated on a hilltop overlooking the surrounding landscape. It is important because it provides physical evidence of an ancient civilization and helps archaeologists understand the history and culture of the region.
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- ΜυκῆναιΜυκήνηΜυκήνες
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- The Lion Gate and example of Cyclopean masonry at Mycenae
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- Argolis, Greece
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- Settlement
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- c. 2100 BC
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- Bronze Age
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- Mycenaean Greece
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- Late Bronze Age collapse
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32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Neolithic Age
- Early Bronze Age
- Middle Bronze Age
- Late Bronze Age
- Late Helladic I (LHI; c. 1550–c. 1450 BC)
- Late Helladic II (LHII; c. 1450–c. 1400 BC)
- Late Helladic III (LHIII; c. 1400–c. 1050 BC)
- Decline
- Archaic and classical periods
- Revival and abandonment
- Political organization
- Religion
- Mycenae in Greek mythology and legends
- Kings of Mycenae
- Perseid dynasty
- Atreid dynasty
- Homeric poems
- End of the Atreids
- Modern history and excavation
- Early archaeological work (1700–1876)
- Schliemann's excavations (1874–1876)
- Excavations since Schliemann (1876–present)
- World Heritage site
- See also
- Footnotes
- Explanatory notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Mycenae ( ; or , Mykē̂nai or Mykḗnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos; and south of Corinth. The site is inland from the Saronic Gulf and built upon a hill rising above sea level.
In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization—a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of .