Drone video captures the glory of Mycenae, the enigmatic stronghold of the Bronze Age ‘Greeks’
The fortified late Bronze Age settlement of Mycenae in the Argolid plain, which gives its name to the Mycenaean civilization, is an enigma of history….
Bronze Age
Earliest known built-chamber type of Mycenaean tomb found in Thessaly
The site of Dimini in Thessaly, Magnesia (central Greece) is known for both its Neolithic and Bronze Age Mycenaean settlements, with the latter also showcasing…
Site near Scotland’s Loch Ness may have been a preferred Bronze Age burial ground
The recent infrastructural development of Drumnadrochit, a village lying on the west shore of the famed Loch Ness, has brought forth its fortuitous share of…
Researchers astounded by the intricacy of a Mycenaean carved gemstone
Back in 2015, the 3500-year old Mycenaean ‘Griffin Warrior’ grave found in Pylos was touted as “the most important tomb to have been discovered in…
‘Torbrex Tam’, the oldest known resident of Stirling, has been digitally reconstructed
Back in 1872, humans bones and associated remains were uncovered by workmen within a stone-lined chambered cairn, the oldest structure in Stirling, central Scotland. And…
Archaeologists uncover 3,250-year old Middle Assyrian tablets in Iraq’s Kurdistan
Back in 2016, we talked about the incredible discovery of a large Bronze Age Mesopotamian city made by the University of Tübingen archaeologists (constituting the…
Rujm el-Hiri – the mysterious stone monument in Middle East that is as old as the Stonehenge
The Middle East is home to a mysterious prehistoric monument that is as almost old as the famed Stonehenge in England. Located in the Golan…
The mysterious site of ancient Idalion in Cyprus is now open to public
When we take the legendary route, the ancient city of Idalion (or Idalium) in Cyprus was supposedly founded by Chalcanor, the Achaean hero of the…
One of the largest Mycenaean tombs discovered in mainland Greece
A Mycenaean tomb in Boeotia, given the moniker of Prosilio tomb 2, has been heralded as one of the largest of its kind by archaeologists…
DNA analysis sheds light on the genetic roots of ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans
In one of our previous articles, we talked about how the earlier Mycenaean artworks, architectural patterns and military arms, circa 1600–1450 BC, were very much…
