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Mycenae

Archaeological site in Greece

Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about 120 kilometres south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres north of Argos; and 48 kilometres south of Corinth. The site is 19 kilometres inland from the Saronic Gulf and built upon a hill rising 900 feet above sea level.

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Mykines, Greece
Municipal unit in Greece
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Treasury of Atreus
Tholos tomb at Mycenae, Greece, dated to ca.1250 BCE
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Lion Gate
Main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae
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Grave Circle A, Mycenae
16th-century BC royal cemetery in southern Greece
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Grave Circle B, Mycenae
Historic site in Mycenae
Monastiraki, Argolis
Community in Greece
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Grave stelai from Grave Circle A, Mycenae
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Tomb of Aegisthus
Mycenaean tholos tomb built c. 1450 BCE