The Mycenaeans were a Greek-speaking people who ... women joyously participating in outdoor ceremonies. Instead the fresco program was stripped down to a few bare essentials.

The Bronze Age civilization called the Mycenaeans used an early form of Greek called Linear B (shown inscribed on this tablet). (Image credit: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0) German businessman and archaeology ...

Top of page: Mycenaean fresco from Mycenae (1250-1180 BCE). Archeaological Museum Mycenae. Above: Dimitri Nakassis (PhD Texas 2006) studies the material and textual production of early Greek ...

If striking gold is great, striking ancient gold must be better. While digging for artifacts at the Palace of Nestor in southern Greece, an archaeological team headed up by researchers from the ...

A recent archaeological study has shed new light on the social structure of ancient Mycenaean communities, suggesting that these societies were less elitist and more egalitarian than previously ...

A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of ...

Mycenaean palatial centers disappeared around 1200 BCE, and the supplies of Dendra-type armor disappeared with them. Bronze Age warriors were often buried with their weapons, swords and spears ...

A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of the ...