About 1.5 hours outside Athens, Mycenae is one of the essential stops for any visitor to Greece with an interest ... stones that greet visitors at the Lion Gate. I stood in awe looking up at ...

Explore this ancient land where myths and history come alive The Lion Gate, grand entrance to Mycenae, is a remarkable symbol ...

Read more: 25 Gorgeous Islands For Vacationing That Won't Break The Bank Fans of Homer's "Iliad" and classic Greek plays will want to visit Mycenae, with its entrance, the Lion Gate (above).

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Monuments at the archaeological site of Mycenae have not been damaged by a wildfire that swept through the area, despite blackening the entrance to the ancient citadel ...

Though just scant ruins remain today, the city's mighty Lion Gate entrance ... and Mycenae. Each offers a unique opportunity to delve into ancient life and explore Greece's rich history.

Partial view of the ruins of the ancient city-state of Mycenae. Anthony Grant/The ... to behold the iconic if sternly decorated Lion Gate and potter about the stony ruins of one of the epicenters of ...

From the 15th to the 12th Century BCE, Greece’s Mycenaean civilization ... architecture like the entrance to the Mycenae citadel called the Lion Gate, researchers believe that animals provided ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Monuments at Greece's archaeological ... Smoke from the flames blackened the 3,250-year-old Lion Gate, named after the monumental relief sculpture of two heraldic lions ...

written on the lintel of the gate we pass through every day. Translation copyright by Christopher Bakken and Roula Konsolaki. Titos Patrikios is one of the leading poets of Greece. Born in 1928 to ...