A small ceramic fragment, unearthed in a settlement near the Acropolis, reveals a unique pictorial scene that suggests a ceremony to invoke rain, shedding new light on the religious beliefs and ...
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Athens before the Parthenon, the Mycenaean Acropolis, cyclopean walls, lost palaces, and the myths that remembered them
Long before the Parthenon, the Acropolis was a Mycenaean stronghold, ringed by cyclopean walls and sustained through collapse, myth, and relentless rebuilding. From fragmentary ruins to stories of ...
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Epirus, the forgotten edge of Mycenaean Greece and a possible homeland of the Greeks
Long dismissed as a remote backwater, Epirus preserves Mycenaean tombs, sacred landscapes, and one of Greece’s oldest sanctuaries to Zeus. This chapter explores how its mountains, myths, and marginal ...
Long before Homer wrote the Iliad, the real-life progenitors of the epic poem's characters might have visited a small outpost on the Greek coast. Archaeologists have discovered a spectacularly ...
Archaeologists recently discovered two magnificent 3,500-year-old royal tombs in the shadow of the palace of the legendary King Nestor of Pylos. It’s not clear exactly who the tombs’ owners were, but ...
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