Mycenaeans

The term “Mycenaean” is an archaeological label, applied to a particular complex of material culture from the Greek mainland that dates to the Late Bronze Age. “Mycenaeans” is a shorthand, and should explictly not be taken to refer to a particular ethnic group, since we don’t know how people in the Bronze Age Aegean defined themselves (cf. “Minoans”).

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Misinterpreting the evidence?

Misinterpreting the evidence?

A fragment of a fresco from Pylos

8 min read

Encased in bronze

Encased in bronze

The panoply from a Mycenaean tomb at Dendra

24 min read

Dancing figures from Ayia Irini

Dancing figures from Ayia Irini

Clay sculptures of the Bronze Age

6 min read

Ariadne’s Threads

Ariadne’s Threads

A book on Aegean clothing by Berenice R. Jones

7 min read

The island of Minos

The island of Minos

Crete in the Bronze Age

15 min read

Chamber tombs at Aidonia

Chamber tombs at Aidonia

Two intact graves of the Mycenaean era

4 min read

The ancient Greek hoplite

The ancient Greek hoplite

Podcast podcast #2

11 December 2017

A measured take on the Pylos Combat Agate

A measured take on the Pylos Combat Agate

5 min read

Age of Bronze (1998)

Age of Bronze (1998)

A graphic novel series by Eric Shanower

5 min read

Swords in ancient Greece

Swords in ancient Greece

4 min read

Homer and history

Homer and history

11 min read

Fear and fortifications

Fear and fortifications

Walls in Early Greece

6 min read