Exploring the Mycenaean Citadel of Tiryns (History and Walking Tour)

In this video we'll take a tour of mighty Tiryns, one of the great Mycenaean citadels of the late Bronze Age.

Contents:

00:00 History of Tiryns
04:31 Walking Tour of Tiryns

Related Videos:

Exploring Mycenaean Greece – Culture, Kingdoms and the Historical Context of the Trojan War

The World of Neolithic Greece - The First Seafarers, Traders and Farmers of Prehistoric Greece

The Bronze Age in Paradise: The Early Societies of the Cyclades (Early Cycladic Culture)

Sources and Suggested Reading:

Greece Monuments and Museums: Corinthia-Argolida - Elsi Spathari
The Mycenaeans - Louise Schofield
Mycenaeans - Rodney Castleden
Dawn of the Gods: Minoan and Mycenaean Origins of Greece - Jacquetta Hawkings

Shout out to ARCAS Travel for arranging the trip to Tiryns.

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[azwris]

One of my favorite places to be! Sometimes I take my bike and go there only for the weekends. Two hours from home!

[kellyezebra]

Cy, can I tell you a secret? I really wasn’t all that bothered about ancient cultures. I forget what video got me watching you, but your enthusiasm for the subject has infected me.

The sheer joy and respect you put on teaching us what you’ve learned about literally any people or land just makes my day, and makes learning history fun! Thank you for sharing!

[faryafaraji]

I've been spending my springs in the Argolides every year for a few years now but never heard of Tyrins. Shows the unparalleled notoriety of Mycenae, I suppose. In any case, great video, now I know where I'll go when I return to the Argolides!

[ancientsitesgirl]

I've only seen it from a distance, coming back from Mycenae, great video, I miss the Peloponnese!😍

[Puzzledtraveller]

Like many, my interest in ancient civilizations in particular Greece was reinvigorated by AC Odyssey, watching this video it's amazing just how much of the natural landscape is captured in the game. To imagine standing there gazing at those walls knowing many ancient Greeks stood there like you equally in awe.

[TheRedneckPreppy]

Great video as always Cy, and continued thanks for your videos.

[WanaxTV]

Wow! Great to see Tiryns and I love this tour style! Great job Cy 🫡

[kaarlimakela]

Another precious cedar bites the dust.
I am so grateful to see these sites anyway!
Thanks, Cy!

[clivesmith]

Breathtaking! Those figurines were great, thank you!

[szbyzan]

Thank you for posting this. I used to have dreams of walking along a street wearing a red linen dress and this really does look like the place. I can smell it and hear laughter and talk and casual arguments..

[nigelmorroll]

Even what we see today is basically in Ruin, you can still see traces of its former glory. Must of have been an impressive sign back then.

[paragorn]

You're the man! Thanks so much for sharing!!

[sraught]

Of all the photos I took during my visit to Greece, the Western Staircase at Tyrins is my favorite. There's just some surreal about being surrounded by such an ancient structure.

[bettylaselli]

Wow! Great video as always.
I love it! Thanks for sharing ❤

[kalaysia]

Just fabulous to get to see it! Thank you 😊

[classiclife]

Gorgeous place. I was there in the late 90s, just before Tiryns was registered as a UNESCO site. None of the token barriers and fences were installed; it was literally a place you could just run around in. As with your trip, no visitors for mine. Deserted; my wife and I felt like interlopers on a secret, haunted place. Those structure are amazing: not bad, still standing after about 2500 years of abandonment. Folks should visit; hopefully their piece won't be interrupted by chainsaws.

[pittlebelge]

What struck me the most when visiting the Argolis is just how close those bronze age citadels were to each other. It gave me the feeling that those rulers would have had a lot of opportunity to meet, talk and feast together. I know the historicity of the Iliad is very much in question, but I can't help but imagine that in the war camp of the Argives, some people would have been much more familiar with eachother than the rest.

[bkohatl]

You are living the life of my dreams. thanks for sharing.

[GLeibniz]

The Mycenaean world is too often overlooked, but you’re doing a good job of illuminating it! Any chance of some vids on warfare, armaments and tactics from middle Bronze Age Mesopotamia Hammurabi, shamsi adad, etc. Your vids on that period were excellent; this would complement them!

[henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍 Too late to watch it now but it will be first thing to do tomorrow👀