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Thebes, Oedipus, and the Bronze Age city beneath the plays, Mycenaean palaces, Linear B archives, and lost royal tombs

Greek theater turned Thebes into an immortal warning tale, but archaeology reveals a very real Bronze Age powerhouse of frescoed workshops, armories, storerooms, and Linear B administration. From ...
CounterPunch

The Bronze Age Origins of Greek Civilization

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...
The Daily Dive on MSN

Scientists uncover exceptionally preserved 3,000-year-old Bronze Age shipwreck off Greece's coast

Scientists Uncover Exceptionally Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Shipwreck off Greece's Coast - A comprehensive travel guide with practical tips and insights. The post Scientists Uncover ...
Yahoo

Saffron was first domesticated in Bronze Age Greece, ancient art and genetics suggest

“Both ancient artworks and genetics point to Bronze Age Greece, in approximately 1700 BCE or earlier, as the origin of saffron’s domestication,” Ludwig Mann, lead author of the study from Technische ...
Greek Reporter

How Ships Helped Ancient Civilizations Survive the Bronze Age Collapse

A new study reveals how ships guided ancient civilizations through crisis, helping regions trade, defend, and endure the ...
Phys.org

Bronze Age well contents reveal the history of animal resources in Mycenae, Greece

A large Bronze Age debris deposit in Mycenae, Greece, provides important data for understanding the history of animal resources at the site, according to a study published March 1, 2023, in the ...
WRAL

In parts of Ancient Greece, first-cousin marriage was not only allowed but encouraged, DNA shows

If you wanted to hang on to your land in Bronze Age Greece, you could do worse than marry your cousin. A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains has discovered ...
Science Daily

Greek Island was home to Bronze Age purple dye workshop

The Greek island of Aegina was home to a Late Bronze Age purple dye workshop, according to a new study. The Greek island of Aegina was home to a Late Bronze Age purple dye workshop, according to a ...
Ancient Origins

Fallen Noblewoman Found With Significant Upside-Down Crown

Archaeologists also discovered the burial of a four-year-old child in close proximity to the woman. The child was crowned with a bronze diadem adorned with small rosettes and dates to the same time ...
The News-Herald

Ancient Greece: Akrotiri a Bronze Age city preserved in volcanic ash

A thousand years before the Parthenon, before the great pyramids of Egypt or Stonehenge in today’s England, there was Akrotiri, a city on today’s Santorini that was buried in ash from a volcano 3,600 ...
Greek Reporter

Bronze Age Minoan Ingots Are Evidence of Ancient Trade Links

Bronze Age Minoan ingots with unique markings that were recently discovered show vast trading links between Cyprus and ...