The view from the base of the bronze-age citadel of Mycenae. Sophia: Sun’s too bright dad! Me: Just try! That ceiling is 3,300 years old. 😮 The ceiling of a “Tholos Tomb” (traditionally called the tomb of Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon, but you know…) The two lions and pillar on the relief stone over the main entrance to the citadel. Representative of the protection of the state and one of the oldest pieces of carved relief art in Europe. The lower section of the citadel. The circle contains burial shafts which held remains and treasures of Mycenaean royalty. Sophie at the bottom of the citadel cistern steps. I’m honestly shocked this thing exists. A long passage through the city walls (with corbeled stone ceiling) plunges into a staircase straight into the mountain, tunneling through rock for 30 meters and terminating in a carved cistern which is in turn fed by underground clay pipes that bring water from a spring outside the citadel. This way they could have water indefinitely while under siege. I have no idea I how Bronze Age technology could make this. 3,000+ year old gold necklace found in the burial shafts. Stylish! I’m not sure what this means exactly but I hope it means “any time the state records you you have the right to view the recording on demand” and if so we should have that law here too. And also for private companies. The entrance to another Tholos tomb, called the Treasury of Atreus. This thing is also amazing. That lentil stone weighs 120 tons. 3,000 years old. It resonates sound inside so effectively that we could hear the bees inside buzzing from 20 feet away. Too many pictures dad. Lovely lunch after.
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