Mycenae
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Location
Mycenae

Country
Greece

Year of Research
1870

Culture
The archaeological site of the Mycenae is a legendary place, mentioned by the epic poet Homer and the geographer Pausanias. It is in the north-eastern area of the Peloponnese, in the prefecture of Argolida [Argolis].However, before 1870, when the remains of this civilisation were discovered, many experts did not think it really existed. Though, the texts of Homer were so exact,that they allowed an amateur archaeologist by the name of Heinrich Schliemann find this city by following the references made in the Iliad. After that, Schliemann was known as the ‘father of Mycenaean Archaeology’.The civilisation of Mycenae dates from 1600 BC to 1100 BC approximately, reaching its peak between 1400 BC and 1200 BC. History testifies the Myceneans as being successful warriors and having a social scale and archaeology provides interesting details about this ancient civilisation.