Mighty fortified walls, awe-inspiring stone tombs, and troves of golden treasures. The Mycenaeans were a warlike people who thrived on the Greek mainland from about 1600 to 1100 BC, leaving mighty ...
From Pausanias’ ancient notes to Schliemann’s famous “Mask of Agamemnon,” this journey traces how Mycenae rose from early settlement to the most formidable fortress in the Aegean—built on wealth, ...
A Bulgarian archaeologist has unearthed an ancient gold mask and a ring featuring an “Olympic” rower in what he called an unrivaled find in the study of classical antiquity. Georgi Kitov told Reuters ...