New Upload: Mycenae Palace and Museum

This week I uploaded two pages, last batch of Mycenae Site.

Mycenae Archaeological Museum

http://www.mesogeia.net/trip/mycenae/mykmuseum_en.html




Nice museum with lots of stuff, although the large part of the most important treasure of Mycenae are now in Athens.


Palace

http://www.mesogeia.net/trip/mycenae/mykpalace_en.html



I was totally buffled by this palace. The remains are very scanty and difficult to have an idea of the former glory.


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I bought a ticket to go to Greece over Christmas and New Year. Don't think to move to anywere from Athens-Piraeus area. Probably will go back to the Archaeological Museum in Athens.

New Upload: Tombs of Aegisthus and Clytaemnestra

Uploaded yesterday.

Tomb of Aegisthus (Mycenae)



Tomb of Clytaemnestra (Mycenae)




As is the case of Treasury of Atreus, the names of Clytaemnestra and Aegisthus are modern association and these tombs were constructed hundreds of years apart.

Mycenae section is almost complete and I will proceed to Epidauros.

Kalo mina to every one!

New Upload: Lion Gate and Grave Circle A (Mycenae)

I uploaded two pages this week, both about Mycenae Site.

1) Lion Gate (Mycenae)



This probably the most iconic monument of Mycenae and it really is pretty imposing.


2) Grave Circle A (Mycenae)



This one is not as famous as the Lion Gate, but the golden mask known as Agamemnon's mask, found here by Heinrich Schliemann, is probably as familiar as the Lion Gate.

For more photos and information, please go to the Gate to Greece website.


When we visited Mycenae at the beginning of September, it was not very busy and I did not see any of my compatriots (I am Japanese). Apart from Greeks, I saw many Italians, who tended not to be in tour group, maybe because they come to Peloponnese with own car by ferry. I started to see also Russians and other East Europeans, but not many yet, even though beaches are full of them.

New Upload: Mycenae Site

I started to write pages on Mycenae archaeological site.

Mycenae

Mycenae: Treasury of Atreus (Tomb of Agamemnon)

To tell you the truth, we were very tired when we arrived at Mycenae site, after a long stroll at Akrokorinthos, and I could not explore the site as much as I wanted to. I did my best, though.

More to follow.