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The Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae
built on a hill 274 metres above sea level, Greece, 1600-1100 BCE (top) and reconstruction (bottom)
Nov 9, 2021 12:37 PM
Lanhdanan
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built on a hill 274 metres above sea level, Greece, 1600-1100 BCE (top) and reconstruction (bottom)
marcwidz
i too have been there, walked through the lion's gate, danced in agamemnon's throne room
blumpk1npie
8BitMinja
I went to Greece and Italy last month, this place was really cool to see.
InkyBlinkyPinkyAndClyde
This is the coolest shit. I took a few archaeology courses in university, it's just amazing what they were able to build.
VaultGirl69
Estimated population?
TheAziz
Currently?
Novalightgoesboom
So, like 200 ppl lived there if I go by number of houses? Guess peasants were left outside as usual :D
CapESzed
Absolutely fantastic place. The Lion's gate is very impressive. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lions-Gate-Mycenae.jpg
kindakinetic
The ruins in and surrounding are fantastic-Lions Gate, the beehive tomb/treasury, Cyclopean wall <3
JustPissingAgainstTheWindYOLO
Cool
CaptainBlacklung
Bronze! Now with Tin, from the far reaches of Tin-Land? I don't know, my dealer won't tell me where he gets it.
davyclam
Kernow. Still going, also now with Lithium.
ALifeOfGlass
I thought it was Baldur's Gate.
Spinosaur
Anyone know if this is in Assassin's Creed Odyssey? I want to find it
IWasABlueberryPieAllAlong
Would that be where Palace of Agamemnon is?
Spinosaur
ah yes it is, thank you!
drduffer
Huh. Helm’s Deep.
DVSBSTrD
*Whiterun
pixelsnader
White claw?
bikergeek6249
Nice to know I'm not the only one who saw this
TheAziz
There's at least 3 of us
smallpoxrandolph
Sea peoples coming !
HonestBendersOrphanarium
Nice Bronze Age ya got here… be a shame if it suddenly collapsed…
songbringer
"It is said that the hornburg has never fallen to an assault, but now my heart is doubtful. (1)
songbringer
The world changes, and all that once was strong now proves unsure. How shall any tower withstand such numbers, and such reckless hate?" (2)
MrFnortner
Wait. Is that Minecraft?
JustPissingAgainstTheWindYOLO
Ye some trolls got the admin password and started destroying peoples work for fun
MrFnortner
Scoundrels!
Alkyone
Where do they get their water?
IsACouchASeat
Going to guess collecting rainwater. Doesn't look to be a stream or lake nearby from a brief look at satellite pics
drmarbles
Let's rebuild it.
GoldblumNoises
There's a town near me named Mycenae, can you destroy them first?
SPQAAE
.....Story?
nangke
I'd love it if there were a genre of VR games that let you explore and life-sim in ancient cities
Breastbeakfastever
Fucken give pleaseeeee
UnitConversionBot
274 metres ≈ 899 feet
remaog42
Where would you get so many feet to stack?
Strohmodeus
so thats one person out of 450 that only has one foot?
davyclam
900 for cash.
jon5465
Can you convert that into standard bald eagles too please?
JustPissingAgainstTheWindYOLO
After that can you convert it into banana measurement I'm doing a project
wheelerws2718
Been there. Great view of the plains. You can see invaders coming from miles away. Close to the Aegean sea. 1/2
wheelerws2718
Classic defensive position - high ground - also good for farming
HaikuCarChase
Is it aegean well?
JustPissingAgainstTheWindYOLO
Yeah I'm curious....how was their armor designed ? what weapons did they have when you saw them ....like....mostly spears or most swords ?
DnDOldmanOldman
It would be spears or single-edge swords. Swords were expensive though, and not as easy to use as a spear. Depends on who it is.
metcar
https://i.redd.it/as782wb8r4i31.jpg they used various bronze armors this is an example of one such armor
wheelerws2718
Bronze age armaments. Spear + shield + sword. Maybe predecessors to hoplite formations of the classical period.
LeSethX
Well, as the name implies, they didn't use iron tools or weapons on mass, so any spears or swords would be bronze, which was like their oil
LeSethX
One of the theories for the Late Bronze Age Collapse is that their trading system collapsed (due to invaders) so resources werent moving
metcar
also it's theorized the collapse occured due to the discovery of iron in tin/copper scarce areas which was easier to process than bronze /1
metcar
/2 which lead to bronze customers stopping orders which caused the ecomomy to collapse which lead to the invasions that destroyed /3
jakdmavika
Iron wasn't easier to process as it requires higher temperatures and was less ductile than bronze until metalsmiths figured out the trick /1