Mycenaean religion was the system of gods, cult and ritual practised across Bronze Age Greece at powerful centres such as Mycenae. The clay tablets found in the palaces name deities familiar from later Greek worship, and a group of shrines inside the citadel served as a focus for ritual life. Worshippers brought offerings of food, … Read more
Linear B is the earliest known script used to write the Greek language, the writing system of the Mycenaean palaces in the Late Bronze Age. It survives on clay tablets, baked hard by the very fires that destroyed the palaces they belonged to. Copies of the script have turned up at Mycenae, Pylos, Tiryns, Thebes … Read more
The Mycenaean civilization was the first great civilization of mainland Greece, rising in the Late Bronze Age and named after Mycenae, its most important centre in the Argolid. Its people spoke an early form of Greek and wrote it in the Linear B script, kept mainly for palace records. Powerful kingdoms grew around fortified citadels, … Read more
The Mycenae Archaeological Museum stands on the slope of the citadel, a short walk from the Lion Gate, gathering the finds pulled from the site and its cemeteries under one roof. Pottery, painted plaster, figurines, jewellery, bronze weapons and clay tablets fill its cases, arranged to explain how a Bronze Age capital lived, worshipped and … Read more
Linear B at Knossos is the ancient script found on clay tablets at the palace, deciphered as an early form of Greek. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The tablets are among the most important finds from the Palace of Knossos. The sections below cover what Linear B is, the tablets found at … Read more