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D_2_08 Verified Sites & Artifacts

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

Mycenae Lion Gate Shaft Graves Mask of Agamemnon Linear B Michael Ventris
W_1_26 Verified World Civilizations

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

Mycenae Mycenaean Linear B Schliemann shaft graves tholos
M_3_04 Verified Forbidden Archaeology

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.

ancient mining tunneling fire-setting Laurion Rio Tinto Timna
ZH_1_23 Credible Archaeoastronomy

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

Giza pyramid astronomical alignment Orion shaft cardinal orientation
J_3_09 Verified Ancient Technology

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

qanat kariz karez Persia Iran underground
D_3_10 Verified Sites & Artifacts

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

Derinkuyu Cappadocia underground city subterranean tuff volcanic rock