Mycenae (/ m aɪ ˈ s iː n iː / my-SEE-nee; Ancient Greek: Μυκῆναι or Μυκήνη, Mykē̂nai or Mykḗnē) is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.It is located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south-west of Athens; 11 kilometres (7 miles) north of Argos; and 48 kilometres (30 miles) south of Corinth.The site is 19 kilometres (12 miles ...

Micene (in greco antico: Μυκῆναι, Mykēnai o Μυκήνη, Mykēnē) è stata una polis dell'Antica Grecia e attualmente è un sito archeologico, situato nell'Argolide a circa 12 km dal mare e a 9 dalla città di Argo.. Insieme a Tirinto costituisce il complesso denominato "siti archeologici di Micene e Tirinto", inserito nell'elenco dei patrimoni dell'umanità dell'UNESCO

The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500 to AD 1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500).. The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic Era.People from this period left behind …

Gibraltar (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ b r ɔː l t ər / jih-BRAWL-tər, Spanish: [xiβɾalˈtaɾ]) is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of 6.7 km 2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain.The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, at the foot of which is a densely populated town area, home to over 32,000 people ...

"Mask of Agamemnon" is the name given to a gold funeral mask discovered at the ancient Greek site of Mycenae. The mask, displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, has been described by Cathy Gere as the "Mona Lisa of prehistory".. German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the artefact in 1876, believed that he had found the body of the …

Οι Μυκήνες (Μυκήναι, Μυκήνη) ήταν αρχαία πόλη της Αργολίδας κοντά στο βουνό Τρητός κι απέναντι απ' τον Αργολικό κόλπο. Ο αρχαιολογικός χώρος των Μυκηνών βρίσκεται περίπου 90 χιλιόμετρα νοτιοδυτικά της Αθήνας, στη ...

Clytemnestra (/ ˌ k l aɪ t ə m ˈ n ɛ s t r ə /; Greek: Κλυταιμνήστρα, Klytaimnḗstrā, [klytai̯mnɛ̌ːstraː]), in Greek mythology, was the wife of Agamemnon, king of Mycenae, and the twin sister of Helen of Troy.In Aeschylus' Oresteia, she murders Agamemnon – said by Euripides to be her second husband – and the Trojan princess Cassandra, whom Agamemnon had …

An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.Sites may range from those with few or no remains visible above ground, to buildings …

The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1350 and 1250 BC in Mycenae, Greece. The tomb was used for an unknown period. Mentioned by the Roman geographer Pausanias in the 2nd century AD, it was still visible in 1879 when the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the shaft graves under the …

Cassandra or Kassandra (/ k ə ˈ s æ n d r ə /; Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced , also Κασάνδρα, and sometimes referred to as Alexandra) in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate a person whose …

Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life is a 2009 Japanese animated adventure film produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho.The film was directed by Kunihiko Yuyama from a screenplay by Hideki Sonoda. It is the twelfth animated installment in the Pokémon film series created by Satoshi Tajiri, Junichi Masuda and Ken Sugimori, and serves as a direct sequel to Pokémon: …

Las nubes (en griego clásico, Νεφέλαι) es una comedia temprana dentro de la obra del autor ateniense Aristófanes.En ella se hace una fuerte crítica de los sofistas y sus enseñanzas, y no faltan los temas y personajes de moda de la Atenas de finales del siglo V a. C. La obra también es destacable por ser la referencia histórica más antigua sobre la figura de Sócrates

El concepto de pórtico y sus variantes. La stoa (palabra griega traducible como "pórtico") era una construcción propia del urbanismo griego, común en las ágoras, y que consistía básicamente en una columnata que sostenía un alargado espacio cubierto. Las entradas monumentales a los recintos sagrados, que también estaban porticadas, se denominaban propileos.

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cultures, including most Western cultures.. Some noteworthy examples of porticos are the East Portico of the United States Capitol, the portico …