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Event archaeological Europe

Mycenae

1600 BCE

Bronze Age citadel and major center of Greek…

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Mycenae on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · Europe

Mycenae

1600 BCE – still standing

Bronze Age citadel and major center of Greek civilization

Standing in 1600 BCE

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Mycenae Andy Hay from UK · CC BY 2.0