Mycenae

  • Ivory Lion

    Mycenae Archaeological Museum

    Mycenae Archaeological Museum

    Mycenae Museum is built next to Mycenae archaeological site to house artifacts from the Bronze Age citadel excavations. While the most important Mycenaean artifacts are exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, a variety of other objects…

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  • The dromos of the Treasury of Atreus

    Treasury of Atreus

    Treasury of Atreus

    The 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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  • Relief sculpture of two lions above the main gate of Mycenae citadel

    Mycenae Archaeological Site

    Mycenae Archaeological Site

    Mycenae (Greek: Μυκήνες) is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece. The fortified citadel is perched over the fertile plain of Argolis near the seashore in the northeast Peloponnese.  Mycenae is the largest and most important center…

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