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D_2_08 — Mycenae: Lion Gate, Shaft Graves, and Bronze Age Greek Power
Mycenae, located in the northeastern Peloponnese, was the dominant political and cultural center of Late Bronze Age Greece (~1600–1100 BCE) and gave its name to the entire Mycenaean civilization. Heinrich Schliemann's 18
W_1_26 — Mycenaean Civilization
The Mycenaean civilization (c. 1600–1100 BCE) was the first major civilization of mainland Greece and the dominant power of the Aegean during the Late Bronze Age. Named after the citadel of Mycenae in the Argolid (northe
M_3_04 — Ancient Mining and Tunneling Technology
Ancient mining and tunneling represent some of humanity's most technically demanding and dangerous engineering achievements, dating from Paleolithic flint mines (Grimes Graves, England, c. 3000 BCE; Spiennes, Belgium, c.
ZH_1_23 — Giza Astronomical Alignments
The Giza pyramid complex — comprising the pyramids of Khufu (Great Pyramid, ~2560 BCE), Khafre (~2530 BCE), and Menkaure (~2510 BCE) on the Giza plateau west of Cairo — displays some of the most precise astronomical alig
J_3_09 — Persian Qanats: Underground Water Engineering
The qanat (also karez, kariz, foggara, falaj) is an underground water management system developed in ancient Persia (modern Iran) that represents one of the most sustainable and ingenious hydraulic engineering achievemen
D_3_10 — Derinkuyu and Cappadocian Underground Cities
Derinkuyu — the deepest known underground city in Cappadocia, central Turkey — extends approximately 85 meters (280 feet) below the surface across 18 recognized levels (8 fully excavated and open to visitors), with the c
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