Exploring the Mycenaean Citadel of Mycenae (History and Raw Walking Tour)

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

Bronze Age Greece. Still my absolute favorite civilization. Still the heart and soul of the cultural overtones I put in my stories. 🧿🧿🧿

[@stephenfriesen7636]

Thank you for the slow walking tour of this ancient site. That’s very much appreciated.

[@MaiMyTie]

I greatly appreciate your walking tours. I have to decline these type of sites when traveling due to physical issues and these videos, with the sites and sounds, are like I’m not missing out.

[@Ksennie]

Gravel crunching ASMR is strong with this one! I love this walking tour you did, and am really happy you re-uploaded it. It oddly calming just to have running while I work on some hobby projects relating to the ancient world, listen to gravel crunching and then occasionally look up and be inspired.

[@Fatherofheroesandheroines]

I got to see Knossos when I was little, but unfortunately, I only have pictures of my trip there because I was only three and don't remember much. My Dad was in the Air Force base that used to be there so we got there for free. I really want to take this tour as I have kids of my own and my oldest daughter is a student of history like I am.

[@HistorywithCy]

Knossos is a place that I really want to visit. It's on my list of places to explore and film for the channel in the future. Thanks so much for watching, really appreciate it and stay tuned for more historical places, hopefully Knossos in the near future!

[@bustermot]

Minoan

[@bhthereaper]

The ancients knew how to pick best locations, great view of Greece, thank you

[@HistorywithCy]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@JustGrowingUp84]

I'm very impressed with both the landscape and the stonework. I knew about the "cyclopean" stone craft of the Mycenaean culture, but but it's one thing to see a few pictures and another to walk through the ruins like this. I'm sad that we don't have ruins that show how it would have looked at the height of its glory, but I'm glad for the ruins that we do have.

[@dalvinmccollum6575]

They are impressive! Makes me wonder more about the capabilities of the people they were defending against

[@terencerodbard9038]

Thank you. Probably the best video I’ve seen. The silence in the Tholos of Atreus was special. Revisiting again in September. Terence

[@hydroac9387]

I am awed with the Treasury part of the video. The craftmanship that it took to create it is impressive! And to think that it has survived over 3000 years is even more inspiring. There isn't much here in America (the land impermanence) that will be around in 3000 years, except perhaps the granite faces of our 4 presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore. In 3000 years I wonder what our descendants will think of that monument?

[@Brsn98]

It'll be demolished way before then.

[@zhcultivator]

please consider making a video about the Tocharians soon

[@sp00g3]

I was able to visit and it's absolutely mind boggling standing looking over the valley the same as the Mycenaens did 3500 years ago.

[@sp00g3]

I have some 360 pano videos that I will try to post

[@kehcat1]

This is sooo cool. I love your vids. Thank you for sharing this with me because I would never have the opportunity to experience this on my own.

[@gleep23]

I watch many documentaries, but hadn't seen a walking tour. It worked out great. Thanks for your efforts.

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, really glad you enjoyed it... it's a bit different than most of my other videos but brings back good memories when I put them together...thanks for watching!

[@TheRedneckPreppy]

Another video -- we've been enjoying a bounty of Cy lately! As always, my thanks for your hard work.

[@HistorywithCy]

Glad you enjoy the videos... working on the next one, hope to have it out early in the week. Thanks for watching!

[@tokenjoy]

No idea that Mycenae was so steep and hilly. A great defensive position, but quite the cardiovascular workout for the House of Atreus and kin.

[@censorduck]

greece in general is very rocky and hilly

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah you'll definitely burn a lot of calories walking through it... best to go as early in the morning as possible to avoid the afternoon heat!

[@FuzzyLogic890]

Love me some Bronze Age content!

[@HistorywithCy]

Me too!

[@OakCityGamers]

Love the videos. You know that. The playlists are my Jam. Just let you play

[@GLeibniz1716]

This is on my bucket list and you have provided an excellent vid thanks! Be safe!

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, hope you get to visit soon!

[@WanaxTV]

Wanax TV approves this location. 👑⚔

[@HistorywithCy]

Haha I knew you would!

[@nycgweed]

Amazing to see and hear thank you hope to see it in person sometime

[@HistorywithCy]

Thanks, hope you're able to make it there one day, thanks for watching!

[@ruthnovena40]

Thank you for the walk through very relaxing

[@HistorywithCy]

Glad you enjoyed it, more walking tour type videos on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

[@johncater7861]

The palace of Nestor must have been a sight to behold. These Mycenaeans were very smart and highly skilled.

[@Jetjetson]

thanx for the informative vids and i really liked the tour. brings me back to my visits to sites in mexico.

[@zhcultivator]

please make a video on the Tocharians please

[@Abdulaziz_Saud91]

Hello, Cy, I hope you're doing great. I know that I'm asking for too much but you could please make a video program about the ancient city of Arbail?

[@neworderadherent]

Heyy i live in Patras. Thanks for coming by! Hope you enjoyed your stay 😄

[@HistorywithCy]

Nice! I drove by Patras when traveling from Olimpia to Naufpaktos. If I had more time I would have stopped by. Greece is such a beautiful country... I will be going back in October to visit Thessaloniki and other parts of the north. Thanks for watching!

[@madsdahlc]

I love the part where you walk outside the citadel . And we see ruins of what would have been the lower town with its outer citywall . In its hight mycenae had population of 30.000 people . 10.000 lived inside the citadel , that includes the the King (the wanax) and his court . Outside in the lower town there was population of 20.000 people . Mycenae itself covered 32 hectares /79 acres . So in bronze age the palace . The place was huge . The real reason of mycenae power , was the control of trade routes . Mycenae lay on the Trade routes between corinth and argos . This control gave mycenae dominant position in the argolid . The Kings of Tiryns , Argos and Midea was probably vasal to mycenae . Later in the arhaic and the classic age . Mycenae was only a shadow of its former selv (At that a temple of was on the site of citadel ) . Argos had become dominant citystate in argolid . But mycenae was quite done yet . Mycenae joined the coalition against the persians . Mycenean soldiers fought in battles of Thermopylae and Platea . But in 468 bce . Mycenae and Argos got into a war . A war mycenae lost . The city was sacked , plundered and razed to the ground . Also the inhabitents were expelled . Later Mycenae was rebuilt in the hellenistic age and lived in again . A greek theathre was built over the Tomb of Clytemnestra. But later during the roman times . Mycenae had again been abandoned and was nearly a ghost town when the greek traveler and geographer Pausanias visited the place in the second century . But Pausanias descripes how Mycenae had became a place of shepards . So people still lived in the area in the second century .

[@pikmin4743]

awesome, thank you, Cy!

[@HistorywithCy]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

[@ReptilicusTV]

This was genuinely one of my favorite places to visit in Greece, going back around september. Then again,which ancient place isn't great to see ? Great ASMR Cy.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yeah I'm hoping to go back one day. Will be in Greece again later on in the year but this time in the north. If I have time I'll try to take a quick trip to Nafplio and then seen if I can visit Mycenae and Tiryns again...definitely worth it! Thanks for watching!

[@brad4268ify]

You can see down towards Tyrens by the sea. This entire area is on my bucket list

[@PedroCapelaVideo]

Thank you so much for showing us this. Hopefully I'll be able to see it all myself one day. Quick question: Can one go there by themselves or are there sort of guided tours that take you there? I ask this because of all the people and buses I see in the background.

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi, thanks for stopping by. You can totally go on your own...that's what I did. There are many tour groups as nearby Nafplio is a stop for cruises, but I think if you really want to get the most out of your visit to Mycenae, just go on your own or with a handful of people. Unless you have your own car, I'd hire a driver to get there as it's a bit out of the way from Nafplio or Argos and parking can be a pain, especially after 11am. Let me know if you need anything else...thanks for watching!

[@PedroCapelaVideo]

@@HistorywithCy thank you so much!

[@hanswi336]

So interesting! I visited Mykenai in 1975 and the outskirts yet were not excavated at all...

[@HistorywithCy]

Great place... must have had fewer tourists back then. Thanks for watching!

[@lordofutub]

Please make a similar video of the kazanlak and shveshtari thracian tombs

[@nigelmorroll3343]

The view of the Surrounding area in self would make the trip there worth it.

[@НефритоваяЗвезда-б5б]

how is called the circle structure at ~15:00?

[@BarrySuridge]

Love the sounds of the goat herd.

[@johncater7861]

From other sources, it appears that there has been progressive restoration to prevent further loss due to erosion etc The site must have been an incredible wonder in its heyday. Thanks for this video, very, very interesting.

[@johncater7861]

Ancient wonders from thousands of years ago.

[@Oscifer11]

Fascinating tour. Too bad you didn't bring a better light source. I was curious about the treasury antechamber and the cistern.

[@Pre-ModernHistory-wi4hm]

Question: Anyone have an idea what the ancient name of Mount Sara was. Was it simply Mount Mycenae as an old classical dictionary I have alludes to?

[@TT3TT3]

Thanks!

[@HistorywithCy]

You're welcome!

[@TheodoreIosifidis-gx4qb]

Took a picture in front of the tomb when I was a child later in life I found a book with the same Angle photo it got wierd when the same person was in the same spot in the background wearing the same clothes. The photos were at least 40 years apart

[@Danetto]

can u go to indus valley next?

[@HistorywithCy]

Hi! I did a video similar to this one (walking tour) of the Indus Valley city of Lothal that you might be interested in. I hope one day to visit Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, but so far haven't been able to travel there. Thanks for watching this one and will do my best to get more walking tours in the future.

[@Danetto]

@@HistorywithCy yes the so called harappa and mohenjo daro are very important places. but im sure they are by far not the oldest or biggest meluhha cities that exist. i am especially interested in their irrigation systems and their ancient standards of hygiene. on another note veganism is deeply rooted in indian philosophy, is it a coincidence?

[@Pre-ModernHistory-wi4hm]

Gla would be interesting to visit, would it not?

[@ethanpf449]

Envious that you get to go and see these amazing historical places in real life

[@eightness888]

I wonder if there is any Greek books older than homers Odyssey and illiad.

[@ancienthistorygaming]

They and Troy is about to be added to Total War Pharaoh.

[@LuisAldamiz]

So many workers were needed to buil all that!

[@HistorywithCy]

Very true... one theory is that they brought some from overseas as well according to the interpretation of some Hittite texts. But that's a story for another time (touched up a little on it in the Mycenean civ video). Thanks for watching!

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@HistorywithCy]

Thank you!

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

I wonder if Greece was that arid at the time of the Myceneans 🤔

[@huwhitecavebeast1972]

It's always amazing to me how people were able to build such structures where the masonry was still straight, after thousands of years. Especially in a earthquake prone area.

[@seanstuckey4849]

The tholos tomb is pretty ominous. I wonder if it’s haunted.

[@HistorywithCy]

I hope not, I spent a good amount of time there! Was my favorite place at Mycenae.

[@AnDyMaksoud]

Imagine living there in the mountains with all your gold

[@oliviergermain350]

There is obviously two periods of construction, and the mycenaean is the last and the less sophisticated. Who built the first ?

[@gw7120]

Why does the wall style look so south american or vice versa

[@dankmemes212]

Cyclopean buildings

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

One Megalithic hour is 240 minutes, or 14,400 seconds (1/4) There are 6 Megalithic hours to the day, each made up of 6 minutes, each of which is 6 seconds long. If the Megalithic hour was divided into 60 minutes, each would be 1,440 of our seconds, times 100 is 144,000. One Megalithic second is 400 of our modern seconds, divided by 60 (to get minutes) is 6.6666666.... 360 ÷ 6.66 is 54 54 x 2 is 108 108 x 2 is 216 To effect this the hands on a clock count out 10 (units of 6) x 10 (units of 6) × 4 (=400 units of 6). Therefore the relationship of the Megalithic second to our current form is mathematically proportional to the ratio between the Sun and Moon. A Megalithic second is 6.66 minutes (400 seconds). A Megalithic Minute is 40 minutes, or 2,400 seconds. 6 x 6 x 6 x 400 = 86,400, the number of seconds in a day. This would mean a clock with 216 seconds would go around 40 times in a day (2160 x 400). This means 1 Megalithic second is 6.66 of our modern minutes, meaning their metric system is based on the Full Moon, of which 360 fit into to the night sky, and 720 will encircle the globe, divided by half gives us the 360 degree circle, and the basis for our present hexadecimal system of time. Which is why 1 degree of Arc on the Moon = 100 Megalithic Yards (2700ft). This means the Beast, the hidden hand of the Masonic fraternity, is the Moon; and Time. The white limestone covering of the Pyramids denotes the Pale Moon in Megalithic Ireland, like at New Grange, where Enoch describes a Crystal Palace illuminated by the Full Moon every 19 years. 6 x 6 x 6 is 216, there are 2160 years in an astrological age, and the Moon is 2160 miles in diameter, the solar metonic calendar using 60 6 day weeks produces 1 extra day every 216 years. There are also 216 Megalithic seconds in a day, and 216 letters in the name of the Hebrew God, Just as Solomon has 36 or 72 scrolls, and Muhammed speaks of 72 sects. Enoch also buries 36,525 scrolls, the number of days in a year, times 100. Oh by the way, this shows that our current measure of time is based on the principle of 1/6, the basis of an Egyptian Royal Cubit, but first they built the first ring at Stonehenge, which is 100 metres (330 ft) wide, with an area of 2160 square feet, a Cube's interior angles also add up to... 2160! This produces a Calendar of 60 6 day weeks plus five. Every 4th year a 366th day makes exactly 61 weeks. This means every 216 years this calendar produces 1 extra day, so after 648 years 3 days must be removed. This is when the Phoenix arrived, and stepped onto the Alter of Ra or Holy Grail, completing the Metonic cycle and bringing the Calendar back into sync with the first New Moon of the Spring equinox. The Capstone of the Pyramid is even called the Benben Stone, the Egyptian Phoenix is called the Bennu. It likely relates to Deneb, in Ophiuchus, the 13th Starsign of the Zodiac. The base of the Pyramid is exactly 13 Acres, as is Teotihuacan, because they share the exact same base dimensions. Such a location would be ideal for calculating the speed of light using the transit of Venus. Incidentally the Great Pyramid's Latitudinal coordinates are the speed of light. 1440 ÷ 108 = 13.333333 11 and 3 are the most sacred Celtic numbers of royalty, and also happen to be the proportions of the Earth to the Moon, and the Great Pyramid. The starsigns also precess 1 degree every 72 years 72 x 3 is 216 2160 ÷ 648 is 3.3333333 The Aztec Calendar also begins with a double transit of Venus, in 3116BC. This whole code can be encoded into a single Pythagorean Triangle of Dimensions 666 by 630, by 216, this is the Key of Solomon, 33 is the inverse of 66. 100 is the "perfect number" because it represents 10 6 unit metrics times 10 6 unit metrics, a unit being 6.66 ie 60 x 60 (3600) the number of Arcdegree seconds in a second, or a one second unit on a clock the size of Earth This means seconds represent 10ths of the Moon; 216, or 6 x 6 x 6 (100 ÷ 6 ÷ 6 = 2.7): Euler's number, and the number of feet to a Megalithic Yard, 3/11 is .27 and the number of days in a sidereal month is also 27. 11/3 is 3.66, the number of days in a Canicular leap year, the character of Thoth, Cuchulainn, and Kukulkan, the Dog Star, and star by which the Sothic (Seth) Calendar is determined. Thoth was the Son of Seth, who is portrayed as a Serpent. 3 x 11 is 33, the years in a Great Solar Return. As the Sun and Moon inhabit their respective houses of the Zodiac they animate the character within, playing out the dramas and battles we know as myths, for example the Moon traveling through each of the Zodiac houses each month, for a grand total of... 144 (12 x 12) Metatron/Enoch/Echnaton/Arkenaten's Cube is 13 circles in a Star of David: 13 x 360 is 4680 4680 ÷ 216 is 21.666.. This is the basis of the Phoenician Nautical Mile

[@abandoninplace2751]

Always a Time Cube somewhere.

[@TylerValenciano]

the big stones makes me feel short (I am 6'4 btw) I am sure it made you feel short

[@abandoninplace2751]

The parking lot of the treasury of Atreus. So that's a thing.

[@HistorywithCy]

Yup... it's one of the parking lots with the best views I've ever visited. Thanks for watching!

[@abandoninplace2751]

The whole thing was fantastic, thanks for recording your visit. That parking lot has the best name ever.

[@EGSBiographies-om1wb]

79th

[@yanina.korolko]

I’m not impressed

[@AvadGroup]

Woop woop 🎉