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 ...

In 1987 a small team of people with an interest in the general field of archaeology published the first issue of Archaeology Ireland. It has been published every quarter since then. Archaeology ...

The Treasury of Atreus, built around 1250 BC, is considered the most splendid monumental structure of Mycenaean architecture at its peak. It was in use over a long period of time. The tomb was built ...

(A) Location of room in the Southwest Quarter of Mycenae and (B) the architecture and exposed bedrock in room Θ3 (lower half of photo). Credit: Jacqueline S. Meier et al. Furthermore, the study ...

From well preserved agricultural records and architecture like the entrance to the Mycenae citadel called the Lion Gate, researchers believe that animals provided an important source of both ...

“Well” off in animals: A taphonomic history of faunal resources and refuse from a well feature at Petsas House, Mycenae (Greece). PLOS ONE, 2023; 18 (3): e0280517 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280517 ...

Firefighting efforts were being supported by four planes and two helicopters. In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of civilisation in the Mediterranean.

During the end of Greece’s Bronze Age, between approximately 1700 and 1100 B.C., Mycenaean civilization flourished throughout the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Ruled by a conglomerate of palaces that ...