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Walls of Tiryns, the gate of the inner city (13th BCE). Herakles performed his twelve labours for Eurystheos, ruler of Tiryns.
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Walls of Tiryns, the gate of the inner city (13th BCE). Herakles performed his t...

Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, son of Ulysses, visited here to ask Nestor for news of his father.
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Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, so...

Walls of Tiryns, remains of the cyclopic outer walls (13th BCE). The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Walls of Tiryns, remains of the cyclopic outer walls...

Walls of Tiryns, remains of the cyclopic outer walls (13th BCE). The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Walls of Tiryns, remains of the cyclopic outer walls...

Fortifications of Tiryns, the cyclopic walls (13th BCE). Watch tower of red and grey limestone blocks of irregular shape. The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns, the cyclopic walls (13th BCE). Watch...

Fortifications of Tiryns, the cyclopic walls of red and grey limestone blocks of irregular shape (13th BCE). The ruler of Tiryens ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns, the cyclopic walls of red and grey li...

Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Main entrance in the middle of the eastern cyclopic wall, here over 8 m thick. The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Main entrance in the mid...

Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). East gallery fronted by a colonnade of the thickness of the outer wall (8 m). The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). East gallery fronted by...

Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). East gallery fronted by a colonnade in the thickness of the outer wall (8 m). The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). East gallery fronted by...

Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Staircase toward the south gallery. The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Staircase toward the sou...

Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Right gatepost of the outer gateway with boltholes (15 cm) for crossbar. The ruler of Tiryns ordered Heracles to perform the twelve labours.
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Fortifications of Tiryns (13th BCE). Right gatepost of the ou...

Wall and Lion Gate. Citadel of Mycenae (1350-1330 BCE). Wall and Lion Gate werde discovered in 1876-1877 by Heinrich Schliemann.
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Wall and Lion Gate. Citadel of Mycenae (1350-1330 BCE)....