The Lion Gate at Mycenae, the only known monumental sculpture of Bronze Age Greece. Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. In the second millennium BC, it was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000.

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Location: Mycenae, Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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