Mycenae
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Summary
Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece[1]. Mycenae draws 14,464 Wikipedia views per month (archaeological site in greece category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argos-Mykines Municipality[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Instance of: ancient city[5], polis[6], Bronze Age settlement site[7]
- Official language: Mycenaean Greek[8]
- Location: Mykines (Ortsgemeinschaft)[9]
- Part of: Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns[10]
- Commons category: Mycenae[11]
- Has part(s): House of the Sphinxes[12], Grave Circle A, Mycenae[13], Grave Circle B, Mycenae[14], Treasury of Atreus[15], Lion Gate[16], Tomb of Clytemnestra[17], Tomb of Aegisthus[18], House of the Oil Merchant[19], Tomb of Epano Phournos[20], Cyclopean Tomb[21], Panagia Houses[22]
- Start time: 3000 BC[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mycenae[24]
- Described at URL: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2573[25]
- Visitors per year: 342,854[26], 398,718[27], 412,397[28], 495,993[29]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[30], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[34], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[35], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[36], The New Student's Reference Work[37], Pauly–Wissowa[38]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[39], archaeological site in Greece[40]
- Demonym: micènic[41]
- Native label: Μυκῆναι[42], 𐀘𐀏𐀙𐀂[43]
- Area: 0.32 km²[44]
- Culture: Mycenaean Greece[45]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Mycenae include Mykines Municipal Unit[46], a municipal unit of Greece[47], in Greece[48] and Argos-Mykines Municipality[49], a municipality of Greece[50], in Greece[51], founded in 2011[52], headquartered in Argos, Peloponnese[53].
Why It Matters
Mycenae has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Mycenae is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Mycenae include Mykines Municipal Unit[46], a municipal unit of Greece[47], in Greece[48] and Argos-Mykines Municipality[49], a municipality of Greece[50], in Greece[51], founded in 2011[52], headquartered in Argos, Peloponnese[53].