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Emma Spookdel

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Homer’s predecessors recited from the ruins of Mycenaean Greece. The Saxons had conquered the isolated heirs of Roman Britain. Vikings raided Christendom and defined themselves against it. Japan was urbanized but still fringe compared to China.

October 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM Everybody can reply

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Zoe the Bone Goblin

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13th century BCE Mycenaean octopus goblet says ◉^◉

October 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM Everybody can reply

Enrico Lucci

@eluccipaletno.bsky.social

Recent excavations at Coppa Nevigata (Manfredonia) have uncovered new evidence from the Late Bronze Age Subappennine phases, including burnt rectangular huts, Mycenaean-type pottery, and traces of domestic and craft activities.

October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM Everybody can reply

Anna P. Judson

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#AncientBluesky 🏺 people who know more about the Bronze Age Cyclades than me - what would you recommend for an interested first-year undergrad to read by way of an introduction? (To the archaeology in general and/or specifically to issues of identity and Minoan/Mycenaean contacts)

October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM Everybody can reply

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soft fromware

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same but with bronze, I want my next pc case to look like Mycenaean cauldron

October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM Everybody can reply

Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

The Lion Gate of Mykene,
dates back to the mid-13th century BC. The lion relief is the oldest monumental sculpture in Europe and #UNESCO World Heritage Site (more in ALT)

#RockinTuesday #scape #history #architecture #photography #landscape #photohour #roadtrip #vanlife #EastCoastKin

The image shows the famous Lion Gate, the main entrance to the ancient citadel of Mycenae in Greece.
The gate consists of massive, unmortared cyclopean stones that form an opening.
Above the lintel is the relief that gives the gate its name. It shows two upright lionesses facing each other in mirror image, their front paws resting on an altar.
Between the two animals stands a Minoan column with a unique capital, which was the symbol of the royal house of Mycenae.
The lion relief is set into a so-called relief triangle, an architectural feature that takes the pressure off the lintel below.
The Lion Gate is considered a symbol of the power and superiority of the Mycenaean kings from their heyday around 1250 BC.

October 21, 2025 at 6:23 AM Everybody can reply

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👻 अक्ष 🎃 اکش 👽 𓃠🏴🚩🇵🇸🇺🇦

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Updated it with more Neo-Assyrian variants and the Hebrew form

PC Screenshot of the Wikipedia article for Ḫiyawa, reading:

*The native Luwian name of the kingdom was Ḫiyawa (𔗒𔓱𔗬𔔂‎), which bears a strong similarity to the name Aḫḫiyawā (𒆳𒌷𒄴𒄭𒅀𒉿𒀀) used to refer to the Achaeans (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí, from earlier Ἀχαιϝοί, Akhaiwoí), that is to the Mycenaean Greeks, in the Hittite texts of the Bronze Age. The use of this name for the kingdom of Ḫiyawa might have been the result of a migration of Greek populations from Western Anatolia into this region in the early Iron Age.

The name Ḫiyawa was recorded in Semitic languages in several forms:
*in Neo-Assyrian Akkadian sources as:
** Qāwe (𒆳𒋡𒀀𒌑𒂊),
** Qawe (𒆳𒋡𒌑𒂊),
** Quwe (𒆳𒄣𒌋𒂊 and 𒆳𒄣𒌑𒂊),
** Que (𒆳𒄣𒂊 and 𒌷𒄣𒂊),
** Quʾe (𒌷𒄣𒀪),
** and Qui (𒆳𒄣𒄿);
* the form QWH (𐡒𐡅𐡄) appears in Aramaic sources;
* the form QW (𐤒𐤅‎) appears in Phoenician sources;
* the form QWH (קוה) appears in Hebrew sources;
* and in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian sources as Ḫuwê (𒆳𒄷𒈨𒂊).

October 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM Everybody can reply

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VIEWS project

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Our second autumn seminar, hosted by the Cambridge Mycenaean Seminar series, involves me (Pippa) talking about Linear A and B this Wednesday (22nd October). More information and zoom registration link here:

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I need to finish my powerpoint!

VIEWS Autumn Seminars 2025

We are excited to announce our autumn termcard of hybrid seminars, with three events coming up. The topics include Anatolian Hieroglyphs, Linear A and B, Greek alphabetic education and European and…

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October 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM Everybody can reply

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Nathaniel Avila

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Assassin's Creed game that takes place during the Mycenaean Collapse

October 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM Everybody can reply

👻 अक्ष 🎃 اکش 👽 𓃠🏴🚩🇵🇸🇺🇦

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Looks like the cuneiform fonts I've added to Wikipedia work only on PC.

And it seems that Android automatically renders Aramaic and Phoenician script as how NOTO Fonts make them appear.

Mobile (Android) screenshot of the Wikipedia article for Ḫiyawa, reading:

"The native Luwian name of the kingdom was Ḫiyawa (𔗒𔓱𔗬𔔂‎), which bears a strong similarity to the name Aḫḫiyawā (𒆳𒌷𒄴𒄭𒅀𒉿𒀀) used to refer to the Achaeeans (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί, romanized Akhaioí, from earlier Ἀχαιϝοί, Akhaiwoí), that is to the Mycenaean Greeks, in the Hittite texts of the Bronze Age. The use of this name for the kingdom of Ḫiyawa might have been the result of a migration of Greek populations from Western Anatolia into this region in the early Iron Age.

The name Ḫiyawa was recorded in Semitic languages in several forms:
* in Neo-Assyrian Akkadian sources as:
** Qāwe (𒆳𒋡𒀀𒌑𒂊),
** Quwe (𒆳𒄣𒌋𒂊 and 𒆳𒄣𒌑𒂊),
** and Que (𒆳𒄣𒂊);
* the form QWH (𐡒𐡅𐡄) appears in Aramaic sources,
* and the form QW (𐤒𐤅‎) appears in Phoenician sources;
* and in Neo-Babylonian Akkadian sources as Ḫuwê (𒆳𒄷𒈨𒂊)."

October 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Golam Kibria

@itihasargolpo.bsky.social

The bridge likely served both military convoys and chariots, as indicated by its sloped approaches and stone-paved surface. It represents a crucial element of the Mycenaean highway system, which demonstrates the strategic planning and state organization..

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The Arkadiko Bridge: Ancient Bridge to History

The Arkadiko Bridge: Ancient Bridge to History The Arkadiko Bridge, located near the modern village of Arkadiko (or Kazarma) in the Argolis region of the...

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October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM Everybody can reply

Getty

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Modern Myths about the Age of Homer

Join experts to survey the legacy of stories and treasures to provide a more realistic look at Homeric society and Mycenaean Greece supported by the latest evidence.

October 22 at 12pm Online.
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Modern Myths about the Age of Homer | Getty Event

Examine the legacy of legendary stories about Mycenaean Greece that have endured in both scholarship and the popular imagination.

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October 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM Everybody can reply

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Getty

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Perfume in Pylos: Recreating a Bronze Age Scent

Join a talk about the ancient Mycenaean perfume making process along with a recreation of a 3,000-year-old perfume.

October 18 at the Getty Villa Museum and Online
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Perfume in Pylos: Recreating a Bronze Age Scent

Discover the scents of the ancient world and experience them for yourself in this presentation and sensory experience.

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October 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM Everybody can reply

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Speckled Goblin

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Joining #portfolioday for the first time! 🙈

Hi, I’m Vic! I’m a NB mosaic apprentice who focuses on portraits and silliness. My style in my workshop has been lovingly named “Creepy cute.”

Due to political stupidity, I can only ship to the US.
Please DM if you are interested in a commission!

A small mosaic in a black skull frame. Inside the frame are various trinkets with the phrase, “Think bout trinkets.” The background is red, to allude to a brain.

A curvy woman shaped vase with porcelain pieces from plates and cups, carefully cut and placed.

A small Venus statue with her arms missing, painted navy blue with flowers and succulents growing on her body.

A mosaic rendition of the “Tomb of Shields” found in Mycenaean. The image is of the unnamed general, facing right, with his sculpted chest highlighted. The materials used are tiles and stone slaps.

October 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM Everybody can reply

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USLUCK

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“Mask of Agamemnon” (Mycenaean funerary mask) — Mycenaean; Date: 16th c. BCE; Findspot: Grave V, Grave Circle A, Mycenae; Medium: gold sheet (repoussé); Approx. H.: 35 cm; Collection: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (NAMA 624). Photographer: Zde / Wikimedia […]

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October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM Everybody can reply

Ordo Fraterna Fibonacci

@ordofibonacci.bsky.social

In Search of Contexts: The Wall Paintings of the Mycenaean Palace at Pylos Revisited
Hariclia Brecoulaki, National Hellenic Research Foundation
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In Search of Contexts: The Wall Paintings of the Mycenaean Palace at Pylos Revisited

YouTube video by ascsathens

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October 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM Everybody can reply

Jared Pechaček

@vandroidhelsing.bsky.social

13. Persephone and Ascalaphus

Ink illustration of Persephone sitting holding a pomegranate at the foot of a standing stone. Other standing stones are scattered about, receding into the dim underworld. Above her perches an owl. Text in Linear B on the stone reads “po-ti-ni-ja”, i.e. Persephone’s title in Mycenaean Greek

October 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM Everybody can reply

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Pretty Gnostic Machine

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The Nazis claimed the Dorians were Aryan saviors of a fallen Mycenaean world, but they only shattered what they couldn't grasp. Sparta became their legacy of control and austerity, while Athens, child of Mycenaean chaos, transformed ruin into art, philosophy, and the restless idea of freedom.

October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM Everybody can reply

Seva Khusid🔜 Devgamm2025

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So, the bulls and the snakes are confusing here, but Kerenyi could point to the phrase, if it is relevant to the Mycenaean Greece -- a bit over a millennium away from these accounts.
Yet the same Athenagoras quotes Orphic verse, sufficiently coherent with the Derveni text: continuity over 500 years.

October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM Everybody can reply

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The Canadian Institute in Greece

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Over the weekend, our intern Aiko visited Mycenae, one of the great palatial centres of the Late Bronze Age. From the Lion Gate to the Treasury of Atreus, the site still captures the power and scale of the Mycenaean civilization.

October 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM Everybody can reply

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Getty

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On October 18, perfumer Michael Nordstrand, along with archaeologist and #Mycenaean perfume expert Cynthia Shelmerdine, will give a hybrid presentation, “Perfume in Pylos: Recreating a Bronze Age Scent.”

Join us at the Getty Villa or online! 🎟️ gty.art/scent

#Archaeology #BronzeAge #LinearB

Perfume in Pylos: Recreating a Bronze Age Scent

Discover the scents of the ancient world and experience them for yourself in this presentation and sensory experience.

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October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM Everybody can reply

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Wiltshire Museum

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Researchers from Athens say that the ones like the gold-studded Bush Barrow dagger (a later version of the one in this drawing) inspired Mycenaean gold-workers. Lots of European links in the Bronze Age - Cunnington and Colt Hoare were right!

Rob Hedge @robhedge.bsky.social · 10d

#ArchInk 4: bronze; 5: flint; 9: ivory
#archaeology #illustration 🏺🏛️🗃️
Combining three prompts to look at early-19th century views of early Bronze Age artefacts.

Ink and graphite sketch of a dagger and arrowhead. Text reads: #ArchInk
The early Bronze Age was a time of remarkable transformation in material and social lives. People and materials came together in new ways.
I’m interested in how early observers interpreted these changes. The early-19th century excavators of these artefacts, Colt Hoare and Cunnington, were not afraid to draw parallels with continental Europe.
“Some may think it derogates from the dignity of our country to allow a Gaulish (i.e. foreign) original; but, be the consequences what they will, whenever we are in search of truth, although we discover her in ruins and rubbish, we must acknowledge and revere her.” Richard Colt Hoare, 1812
*Colt Hoare and Cunnington were, by the standards of the day, pretty good at recording. But in a sheepish footnote in their discussion of barrows in the severely area of Wiltshire, Colt Hoare admits that he’s not sure which of the barrows this dagger came from!
#5 flint One of four arrowheads within a burial in a bowl barrow: Which Show affinity with those from Armorica, NW France.
FLINT ARROWHEAD, WIMBORNE ST GILES.
4: Bronze BRONZE DAGGER, SILK HILL MILSTON*
9: ivory The pommel is ivory from a marine mannal, possibly a walrus. It is very worn, suggesting it might have adorned other artefacts before this dagger
The wooden handle was re-constructed based onCunnington's dig notes.
* Or is it ? Colt Hoare and Cunnington - and their illustrator /surveyor Philip Crocker- were pretty good at recording their f, by the standards of the day. But in a sheepish footnote in their discussions of barrow-digging in the Everley area of Wiltshire, Colt Hoare admits the dagger was "in one of these, but I cannot specify which!'

October 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM Everybody can reply

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The Vagabond Tabby

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Long story short, the armor works just fine. But I'm curious what would've happened if the Marines involved had kept training with the stuff for a couple months. Imagine what they would have figure out about how to fight in it!

Recreating a Mycenaean battle | The Past

Recreating a Mycenaean battle | The Past

An innovative study has brought to life Late Bronze Age warfare to test the utility of a 3,500-year-old suit of armour.

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October 12, 2025 at 2:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Chafic LaRo

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Homer is a post-Mycenaean psy-op. Change my mind.

Still… I tremble with anticipation. 🏺

October 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM Everybody can reply

Best of Wikipedia

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The Featured Article of Saturday 11 October 2025 on @wikipedia.org is: Georg Karo.

Georg Heinrich Karo was a German archaeologist who specialised in Mycenaean and Etruscan civilisation.

Georg Karo - Wikipedia

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October 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM Everybody can reply