Mycenae: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Mykínes

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Map of southeastern Europe highlighting Greece and its neighboring countries, with a labeled point marking the location of the ancient city of Mycenae in southern Greece. Surrounding seas, including the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean, are also labeled.

Mycenae: the Lion Gate

cyclopean masonry

Gold funerary mask from Mycenae, shaped as a male face with a beard and closed eyes, known as the so-called Mask of Agamemnon.

Treasury of Atreus

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Topics

Delphi Knossos Olympia Pella Epidaurus Verghina Eleusis Dodona Eretria Elis

Greece

country, Europe

The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Key People

Schliemann, Heinrich

Heinrich Schliemann

German archaeologist

Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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