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Dimitri Nakassis, an archaeologist and classicist at the University of Colorado Boulder, has landed a substantial grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to advance his ...
By Fox News Published October 27, 2015 11:35am EDT| Updated October 27, 2015 12:34pm EDT ...
An engineering feat of Mycenaeans, Secret Cistern provided secure water source within city walls. Accessible via a steep staircase, this hidden reservoir was crucial Mycenae: 7 places you must see ...
Dimitri Nakassis's book project, Reassembling Mycenaean Greece, ca. 1650-1075 BCE, proposes a new way of understanding the Mycenaean world by taking apart interpretations premised on its essential ...
For archaeologists, the real treasure in the Mycenaean tombs isn't all the gold leaf or polished gemstones but the imagery engraved in those artifacts and what it can tell us about Mycenaean ...
Mycenaean palatial centers disappeared around 1200 BCE, and the supplies of Dendra-type armor disappeared with them. Bronze Age warriors were often buried with their weapons, swords and spears ...
A recent analysis by archaeologist Nicoletta Antognelli Michel of the Technical University of Darmstadt has led to a groundbreaking interpretation in the field of Mycenaean iconography. Her research ...
PANAGIOTA A. PANTOU, Mycenaean Dimini in Context: Investigating Regional Variability and Socioeconomic Complexities in Late Bronze Age Greece, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 114, No. 3 (July ...
Body armor from the Bronze Age was strong enough to protect a Mycenaean soldier in battle 3,500 years ago, according to a new study that had 13 soldiers fight in a replica of it for 11 hours.