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Article: From fabled city to tourist treasure. (Greetings from Mycenae).(ancient civilization in Greece)
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- September 1, 2002
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MYCENAE'S SPLENDOR HAS FASCINATED COUNTLESS GENERATIONS FROM HOMER'S TIME TO THE PRESENT. Excavations have now continued for more than 125 years, and many exciting discoveries have followed Heinrich Schliemann's golden finds.
Greek archaeologist Panayiotis Stamatakis excavated Schliemann's Grave Circle A and found a sixth, previously unknown grave filled with treasure. Less than 10 years later, another Greek archaeologist, Christos Tsountas, made more amazing finds.
High atop Mycenae's acropolis, Tsountas discovered a series of rooms, including a large hall with a hearth surrounded by four columns. From these rooms, he reconstructed the ground plan for ...