Title

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. Artist: Samuel Magal

Caption

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece. The Lion Gate at Mycenae was built about 1250 BC. Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km southwest of Athens, in the northeastern Peloponnese. In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae.

Date

1980

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Samuel Magal

Reference

HRM19D74_319

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,8Mb) / 11,4in x 17,0in / 3431 x 5090 (300dpi)

Keywords

Europe city building buildings architecture archway arch continent European color colour defence ruins archaeology ruin Greece entrance gate location century photograph peloponnisos ruined archaeological site archeology Architectural Feature Peloponnese Ancient Greece Mycenae Ancient Greek Ancient city 13th century BC ancient site Lion Gate Mycenaean TGN photograph Sites & Photos Samuel Magal Magal Samuel photograph