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Hermahai

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Nov 18

1️⃣ Linguistic and archaeogenetic studies have shown that the Mycenaeans were the oldest ancestors of modern Greeks. However, by reading the Mycenaean texts we discover impressive evidence regarding the continuity of Hellenism from the LBA to the present day.

2️⃣ The tablet MY V 659 was found in the palace of Mycenae and records either the distribution of beds or bedclothes (δέμνια) by the palace to mainly female persons (workers?), or for deliveries of bedclothes by female workers to the palace. The given names are recorded in pairs.

3️⃣ All the given names are Greek, however two of them are of exceptional interest, as they are particularly widespread in modern Greece: Alexandra (a-re-ka-sa-da-ra-ka) and Theodora (te-o-do-ra-qe). The given name Alexandra is a compound of the words aléxō (to repel) + the stem👉

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@hermahai

Nov 15

1/ Regarding the function of the Phaistos disc, we have mentioned in an earlier thread that it was probably a literary text of a religious nature (some religious hymn or divine invocation), according to its particular characteristics and the possibility of capturing verse.

2/ However, we must be careful in every interpretive scenario and give due importance to a series of elements that come from the cultural environment in which the disc was created. Thus, the evidence arising from the archaeological context in which the disc was found 👉

👉 is particularly interesting and adds a new dimension to any interpretative effort. This specific object was therefore recovered in Building 101, which was adjacent to the NE section of the palace of Phaistos, having the same orientation as the walls.

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Hermahai

@hermahai

Nov 12

1/ Attempting to determine who the Mycenaeans were, we could say that they were a Greek tribe that formed in central and southern Greece through the mixing of Proto-Greek groups, which descended from their northern cradle to the south, and a strong local Pre-Greek population.

2/ Genetic studies have shown that the steppe ancestry of the Mycenaeans was amounting to 0-30%, while the remaining genome includes ancestry originating mainly from the early Anatolian Neolithic Farmers who brought the Neolithic package to the Aegean, as well as a small 👉

👉percentage originating from the Chalcolithic Caucasus. The Mycenaeans spoke an early Greek dialect, which however possessed a group of about 1000 non-Greek words,the origin of which is the subject of intense debate (the majority of them seem to have a West Anatolian IE origin).

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Hermahai

@hermahai

Nov 11

1️⃣ Mycenaean texts from Pylos and Knossos testify that the Mycenaean palaces gave particular importance to the breeding of equines, which were used either in war to pull chariots, or as symbols of prestige. Some of them were probably also used for agricultural work. #Hippos

2️⃣ The horse in particular, which had a special importance to the Mycenaeans, was brought to Greece after 2500 BC by the PIE groups, bearers of the ancestor of the Greek language. Studies have shown that the type of horse known at that time was a small-bodied type of horse.

3️⃣The word i-qo (horse) is recorded on four tablets: KN Ca 895, PY Fa 16, PY Ea 59 and PY Ta 722, while on Ca 895 it is recorded together with the ideogram EQU *105 (horse head), as well as the words po-ro (foal) and o-no (donkey). The horses are divided into mares and stallions.

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Hermahai

@hermahai

Nov 9

1/Around 2200 BC the era of the so-called "international spirit" collapses and the Aegean communities that had benefited from their participation in the Mediterranean trade networks are now faced with an unprecedented crisis, experiencing destructions and intense transformations.

2/ The world that emerged had completely different characteristics from the past, but in some regions of Greece the new reality was considerably more complex. In the western Peloponnese (Olympia and Andravida) and sporadically in several sites in southern and central Greece 👉

👉(NE Peloponnese, Nichoria, Aegina, Thessaly etc), a new type of pottery appears, the form and decoration of which demonstrate a clear foreign origin. This pottery was made of dark brown or gray clay, had a well-polished surface and bore delicate incised or impressed decoration.

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Hermahai

@hermahai

Nov 3

1/We often refer to the impressive artifacts with which the first kings of Mycenae were buried in Grave Circle B, marking the beginning of the Mycenaean era. But what was Grave Circle B, what secrets does it hide and what were the characteristics and habits of those buried in it?

2/ Grave Circle B was excavated by Greek archaeologists in the early 1950s on a small raised earthen mound a few meters outside the Acropolis of Mycenae. Inside an enclosure ca 28 meters in diameter that resembled the corresponding one of the later Grave Circle A, 👉

👉 26 tombs were found, most of which were shaft. Four shaft graves bore stelae. Most of the graves were oriented north to south, while the rest were oriented east to west. The men and women were sometimes buried in separate graves and sometimes together.

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