This is the Corinth canal. It is pretty ugly, but it's a big deal since you don't have to sail all around the Peloponnese to get from one side of Greece to the other. It was built in the 1890s. No doubt for shipping Corinthian leather to the rest of the world. It's not that pretty, but it is surprisingly deep, and Greeks come from all over to see it.
Stone wall leading to the entrance at the Lions gate. Gives you an idea of the size of the "cyclopian" bricks.
View of the citadel of Mycenae from below.
Close up of the lions at the lions gate.
Holes for the wooden gate that would have been in place at the Lions gate.
Close up of the double wall stone circle that surrounded the shaft graves. Notice how tightly the stones fit together. This is the stone circle that surrounded the famous shaft graves at Mycenae. The burials date to the 1500s B.C. This was the part that Schliemann first excavated when he dug at Mycenae. He found lots of grave goods, including a gold mask that he said was the face of Agamemnon. Unfortunately, the graves were several hundred years before Agamemnon's time.
Grave circle A.
This is the interior side of the Lions gate. It should give you an idea of how big the gateway is.
Look at me, I'm a famous historian. I am doing my impression of one of those guys in a history documentary.
Tamzen at the entrance into the water cistern. They built a tunnel to secure the water supply. It must have been an amazing feat of engineering. Notice the spiderweb in the upper left - kind of looks like Indiana Jones or something.
The entrance to the palace.
The palace at the top of Mycenae. This is where the king would have hung out.
Vessels for storing olive oil—the basis of the wealth of Mycenae. These are of a Cretan design. So the Myceneans took the idea for their design from the Minoans.
Barbecue grill from Mycenae. I bet you can put some coals on it and make some souvlaki today.
Bronze age swords from the time of the Iliad.
The ceiling of one of the beehive tombs - see how it looks like a beehive. I don't think I would have called them that.
The entrance to one of the so-called bee-hive tombs. An incredible amount of workmanship went into building these tombs.
This is the Corinth canal. It is pretty ugly, but it's a big deal since you don't have to sail all around the Peloponnese to get from one side of Greece to the other. It was built in the 1890s. No doubt for shipping Corinthian leather to the rest of the world. It's not that pretty, but it is surprisingly deep, and Greeks come from all over to see it.
Stone wall leading to the entrance at the Lions gate. Gives you an idea of the size of the "cyclopian" bricks.
View of the citadel of Mycenae from below.
Close up of the lions at the lions gate.
Holes for the wooden gate that would have been in place at the Lions gate.
Close up of the double wall stone circle that surrounded the shaft graves. Notice how tightly the stones fit together. This is the stone circle that surrounded the famous shaft graves at Mycenae. The burials date to the 1500s B.C. This was the part that Schliemann first excavated when he dug at Mycenae. He found lots of grave goods, including a gold mask that he said was the face of Agamemnon. Unfortunately, the graves were several hundred years before Agamemnon's time.
Grave circle A.
This is the interior side of the Lions gate. It should give you an idea of how big the gateway is.
Look at me, I'm a famous historian. I am doing my impression of one of those guys in a history documentary.
Tamzen at the entrance into the water cistern. They built a tunnel to secure the water supply. It must have been an amazing feat of engineering. Notice the spiderweb in the upper left - kind of looks like Indiana Jones or something.
The entrance to the palace.
The palace at the top of Mycenae. This is where the king would have hung out.
Vessels for storing olive oil—the basis of the wealth of Mycenae. These are of a Cretan design. So the Myceneans took the idea for their design from the Minoans.
Barbecue grill from Mycenae. I bet you can put some coals on it and make some souvlaki today.
Bronze age swords from the time of the Iliad.
The ceiling of one of the beehive tombs - see how it looks like a beehive. I don't think I would have called them that.
The entrance to one of the so-called bee-hive tombs. An incredible amount of workmanship went into building these tombs.
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