An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 BCE
an ancient Greek city in southern Greece, where King Agamemnon is supposed to have lived. It was a wealthy and important city in the period before about 1100 BC. In the late 19th century many beautiful and ancient objects were found there by archaeologists. Prehistoric city, northeastern Peloponnese, Greece. A natural rock citadel, it was the legendary capital of Agamemnon. It flourished during the Bronze Age, building the distinctive Mycenaean civilization. It was at its height in the Aegean 1400 BC and declined 1100 BC with the invasion of the Dorians from the north. Excavations at Mycenae began in 1840, but the most celebrated discoveries there were those by Heinrich Schliemann 1876. Ruins include the Lion Gate, acropolis, granary, and several royal beehive tombs and shaft graves
An ancient Greek city in the NE Peloponnesus on the plain of Argos, inhabited since about 4000 B.C.E
() From Ancient Greek Μυκῆναι (Mukēnai), the name of the Ancient Greek city, from Μυκήνη (Mukēnē), a Nymph in Greek mythology who lived around Mycenae.