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1. Mycenae

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   The citadel of Mycenae is perched atop a commanding, naturally defensible hill overlooking the plain. The most defining characteristic of the site is its massive defensive walls, constructed from irregularly shaped limestone boulders, a technique termed Cyclopean Masonry due to the later belief that only the mythical Cyclopes could have moved such enormous stones. Analysis of the mortar used in the lower courses suggests it was primarily composed of pulverized olive pits mixed with highly oxidized swamp sediment, lendin…