UNESCO World Heritage Site Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns" encompasses the remains of two major Late Bronze Age Mycenaean citadels in Greece, renowned for their monumental architecture, rich archaeological finds, and central role in early Greek civilization and Homeric legend.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
archaeological site complex ⓘ
archaeologicalFinds frescoes ⓘ
gold artifacts ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
sealstones ⓘ
weapons ⓘ
associatedCulture Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
associatedScript Linear B ⓘ
associatedWithMythologicalFigure Agamemnon ⓘ
associatedWithWork Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Odyssey ⓘ
containsSite Mycenae ⓘ
Tiryns ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
criteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
governingBody Hellenic Ministry of Culture ⓘ
hasFeature cyclopean walls ⓘ
fortification systems ⓘ
megaron complexes ⓘ
monumental gates ⓘ
palatial architecture ⓘ
tholos tombs ⓘ
hasView Argive plain ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1999 ⓘ
languageOfInscription Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Argolis ⓘ
Peloponnese ⓘ
nearCity Argos ⓘ
Nafplio ⓘ
linked to: Nafplion
partOf Mycenaean palace system ⓘ
partOfHeritage World Heritage List ⓘ
period Late Bronze Age ⓘ
protectionStatus national archaeological site of Greece ⓘ
recognizedFor outstanding universal value ⓘ
significance associated with Homeric epics ⓘ
key to understanding early Greek civilization ⓘ
major centers of Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
timeOfFlourishing circa 1600–1100 BCE ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCategory cultural ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSubregion Southern Europe ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 941 ⓘ

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Treasury of Atreus → heritageSiteOf → UNESCO World Heritage Site Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
Nea Tiryntha → hasNearbyHeritageSite → UNESCO World Heritage Site of Tiryns ⓘ
linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns