Scientists have obtained genetic material from the ancient Minoans and Mycenaeans, who lived three to five thousand years ago.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered two large chamber tombs dated to around 1300 BC in an important Mycenaean Greece-era burial ground. The discovery is so rare because the tombs are completely intact and ...

Excavations near Navarino revealed a monumental Mycenaean center with cyclopean terraces, palatial administration, ritual processions, and advanced engineering. Its ruins offer rare insight into how ...

Beneath Nafplio’s Venetian walls and seaside streets lie traces of a powerful Mycenaean harbor, possibly the main port of the Argolid and a key link to Bronze Age Egypt. This segment uncovers how one ...

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate 400-year-old Dark Age.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. From the 15th to the 12th Century BCE, Greece’s Mycenaean ...

About 1.5 hours outside Athens, Mycenae is one of the essential stops for any visitor to Greece with an interest in ancient history. Arriving here, you're awed not just by the site and the ruins, but ...

The 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships were announced last week, and among the awardees is Dimitri Nakassis, a classicist at the University of Toronto who specializes in the archaeology of Bronze Age ...

Digital reconstruction has revealed the face of a royal who lived 3,500 years ago in the late bronze age Mycenae, Greece, and she looks 'incredible modern'. The woman was in her mid-30s when she was ...

Archaeologists recently discovered two magnificent 3,500-year-old royal tombs in the shadow of the palace of the legendary King Nestor of Pylos. It’s not clear exactly who the tombs’ owners were, but ...

Remnants of a Mycenaean-era palace on the plain of Sparta have brought to light a number of finely-decorated artifacts, bronze swords, and wall frescoes, according to a press release from the Greek ...

Back in 1876, a German archaeologist found a golden mask he thought belonged to king Agamemnon. It is one of the highlights of a major exhibition on Mycenaean culture, one of Europe's earliest ...