The town of Mycenae itself is not much. It's a string of touristy tavernas and souvenir shops. But once you get to the fortress, it's pretty amazing. It was settled around 2000 B.C. And to think that these walls have survived that long is truly amazing. You enter under the Lions Gate and see the grave circle, which is where all the treasures we saw at the Archaelogical Museum were found. According to mythology, Mycenae was founded by Perseus. This is also were the whole Helen of Troy saga started, with families warring over who should be king.
The Lions Gate
One of the neatest places to explore was the cistern, a deep, dark cave that I'm not sure what it housed. You could just keep going down and there was no light and it was pretty cool.
Overlook
The cistern entrance
Just outside the fortress was the treasury, an ancient tomb. It's built like a large orb and the front stone is the largest in the world.
This is basically hidden from the outside, except for the entrance.
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