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"Statue of Aphrodite. Her worship was absent from Mycenaean civilization, and it is estimated that it was introduced to the Greek mainland through contacts with Phoenicians from Cyprus, which may be the reason why in mythology the goddess is referred to as Cyprian."

u/GibbinsD — 5 hours ago

▲ 228 r/GreekMythology

Statue of Apollo. Although Apollo is regarded by most people as a Greek god, his cult most likely originated in Anatolia among the civilizations of the Hittites and the Luwians. His worship was entirely absent from the Mycenaean civilization and spread into the Greek world during the Greek Dark Ages

u/GibbinsD — 12 days ago

▲ 227 r/ancientgreece

Linear B tablets from Pylos. They show us a picture of a civilization in panic, just before its destruction and facing a major threat, but they provide us with no information about the identity of that threat

u/GibbinsD — 13 days ago

▲ 8 r/AskArchaeology

Were the Sea Peoples the ones who attacked and destroyed Troy?

We usually imagine the Trojan War as a campaign conducted by the official Mycenaean kingdoms against Troy. However, my question is this: could it be that the expedition against Troy was not carried out by the official Mycenaean kingdoms and cities, but rather by pirates and populations who had abandoned mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean palaces in the late of Bronze age?

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u/GibbinsD — 14 days ago