Less famous than the Acropolis of Mycenae or the Palace of Nestor, the archaeological site of Peristeria with its perfectly preserved vaulted tombs and precious gold findings, bears witness to life ...

The opening of the Mycenaean archives to the inspection of historians has justly been hailed as the philological counterpart of Schliemann’s great archaeological discoveries at Troy and in the centres ...

Although some Mycenaean sites correspond to Achaean kingdoms in the "Iliad," archaeologists now think the Mycenaean ...

In a cemetery of similar structures, this tomb is distinguished by its size—at 452 square feet, it is the ninth largest of the more than 4,000 Mycenaean chamber tombs excavated over the last 150 ...

Peristeria was the richest residential center of the Western Peloponnese during the early Mycenaean period. Credit: Giannis Seloulis / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) Greece’s Ministry of Culture ...

a region famed for its connection to Homer’s Iliad and the legendary Kingdom of Nestor. This exhibition is not just about the objects; it is part of a broader effort to present the latest discoveries ...

The palace of Knossos was constructed with posts and lintels THE POST-AND-LINTEL IN MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION Architecture in the Mycenaean Period (Late Helladic IIIA – IIIB, c. 1425 – 1190 BCE) also ...

Alexander the Great, who turned the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon into one of ... as the 4th century B.C. pyramid of Hellinikon, the Mycenaean Acropolis of Tiryns, and the archaeological ...