Bronze Age
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National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCE
Read more: National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCEThe National Archaeological Museum in Athens exhibits some of the best examples of Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts from the Aegean and Helladic civilizations found in excavations across the country. Neolithic Era Top row, left to right: Second…
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Nestor’s Palace
Read more: Nestor’s PalaceThe Mycenaean palace of Nestor (Ανάκτορο του Νέστορα) is an archaeological site near Pylos in SW Peloponnese, Greece. It was an influential center during the Late Bronze Age era (circa 1600-1100 BCE), and it played a role in…
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Palaikastro Minoan Settlement at Rousolakos
Read more: Palaikastro Minoan Settlement at RousolakosΠαλαίκαστρο (Palaikastro, sometimes also transliterated as Palekastro) Minoan town unearthed at the Rousolakos location near the modern town of Palaikastro. The settlement is strategically located on the east shore of Crete, in Chiona harbor a few kilometers north…
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Phaistos
Read more: PhaistosPhaistos (Φαιστός, also transliterated as Faestos, Phaestos, Faistos) is the second largest Minoan palace of Crete after Knossos. The Bronze Age palace is located on a low hill in the Messara plain south of Heraklion. The site was…
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Ship Procession Fresco
Read more: Ship Procession FrescoThe fresco was found its the Upper floor, south wall frieze, of West House in ancient Akrotiri (Thera, Santorini (which was buried under volcanic ash in 1627 BCE). Given the amount of location detail present in the fresco,…
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Tiryns Archaeological Site
Read more: Tiryns Archaeological SiteTiryns is an important Mycenaean citadel in Argolis, Peloponnese. In the Bronze Age, it was a major Mycenaean stronghold, and was already flourishing by the Middle Helladic period. Its location near the sea has lead many to consider…
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Treasury of Atreus
Read more: Treasury of AtreusThe tholos tomb at Mycenae known as “Treasury of Atreus”, built between 1350 and 1250 BCE, is the largest, best preserved, and one of the latest built in the Bronze Age. It is also known as “Tomb of…
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Zakros
Read more: ZakrosThe Minoan palace of Zakros (Ζάρκος, also known as Zakro, or Kato Zakros) is located on the east coast of Crete, in the slopes of a rugged hill near a sheltered harbor suitable to accommodating a large fleet…