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1. Mycenae

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   Shaft Graves and Grave Circle A
   The wealth associated with the apex of Mycenaean power is most evident in the burial sites located outside the main walls. Grave Circle A, discovered by Heinrich Schliemann, yielded exceptional treasures from 16th-century BCE burials. These graves contained funerary masks (including the famous Mask of Agamemnon, though its attribution remains contentious), elaborate gold jewelry, [bronze weaponry](/ent…

2. Mycenaean Civilization

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   Warfare and Material Culture
   The Mycenaeans were demonstrably a martial society, reflected in iconography, burial goods, and administrative records detailing chariot production and bronze weaponry. Warfare was highly ritualized, focusing on controlled engagements designed primarily to capture high-value personnel for forced integration into rival palatial economies, rather than total annihilation.
   Key military equipment included the [dendra panoply](/entries/dend…