Mycenaean bronze short sword, 14th cent BC , Chamber Tomb III Mycenaean cemetery at Asine. Nafplion Archaeological Museum. Mycenaean cemetery at Asi
Mycenaean bronze short sword, 14th cent BC , Chamber Tomb III Mycenaean cemetery at Asine. Nafplion Archaeological Museum. Mycenaean cemetery at Asine ( ancient Argolis), were used continuously throughout the Late Bronze Age, 1600 - 1100 BC. The thriving settlement of Asine was at its height in the 12th century BC mainly because its harbour must have played an important role in maritime trade of the palatial centres of the Argive plain. Mycenaean archaeological finds suggest that both hunting and warfare played a crucial role in the symbolic representations of the Mycenaean Elites, Many Mycenaean burials of Elites contain Bronze weapons such as swords. The Mycenaean swords were short stabbing swords for close combat fighting. The Mycenaeans were a Bronze Age Culture found primarily in mainland Greece in city states such as Thebes, Mycenae and Tiryns. The Mycenaean civilisation spanned the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC and ended abruptly during the collapse of Bronze Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean, to be followed by the so-called Greek Dark Ages.
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Location: Napflion Archaeological Museum. Greece
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