Photo: “The road to the Lion Gate of Mycenae on 26 March 2019”, George E. Koronaios · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized for the web.
GREECE · 1600 BC
Mycenae
Μυκήνες
Between the 15th and 12th centuries BC the Mycenaean civilisation held sway over the eastern Mediterranean, and Mycenae and Tiryns were its two greatest cities. Their massive ruins are bound up with the world of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey.
- Original name
- Μυκήνες
- Country
- Greece
- Period
- 1600 BC
- Civilisation
- Mycenaean
- UNESCO
- On the World Heritage List
- Location
- 37.7308° N, 22.7561° E Open in OpenStreetMap Open in Apple Maps
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A QUESTION FROM THE ROAD
Mycenae and which other city were the two greatest of their civilisation?
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