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1/ #Sunday excursion to the archaeological site of #Mycenae, at the center of the first Greek-speaking civilization. Sunny morning, ideal for a walk in a sacred ancestral place of which the magnificence of monuments inspires awe even today. 
2/Upon entering the site, on the right stands the Grave Circle B, a burial complex of 26 unplundered shaft and cist graves, in which the members of the founding dynasty of Mycenae were buried. They are dated between 1675/1650-1550 BC with the earliest graves bearing poor grave ➡️
➡️ goods and dating back to the Middle Helladic III phase, a period in which certain local elites of mainland are timidly attempting to rise within their communities through the acquisition of agropastoral surpluses and their attempt to participate in the Aegean trade networks.
