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Scandinavians from the island of Gotland began to spread throughout the Baltic region along the Russian rivers in the 700s. While the Vikings of Norway and Denmark from the 8th to 11th centuries are widely recognized as fearsome raiders and...

Join World History Encyclopedia as they chat with Flora of Flaroh Illustration, a freelance illustrator who loves to create art inspired by archaeological artefacts and myths. Kelly (WHE): What is your process in creating art based on history...

The key locations, kingdoms, and heroes associated with Homer’s Iliad form a cultural map of the Late Bronze Age Aegean world. Composed in the 8th century BCE and set in the final year of the war between the Achaean coalition and the city...

A fresco from the throne room of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, often referred to as the 'Orpheus Fresco' depicts a seated lyre player and a bird in flight. It dates to c. 1300 BCE and this watercolour reconstruction was completed by Piet...

Tholos IV at Pylos is situated near the Mycenaean centre; the Palace of Nestor. It is believed to be the oldest tholos tomb on mainland Greece.

The Minoans and the Mycenaeans were both powerful civilizations of the Bronze Age Aegean, and often they are through to follow one after the other. However, this comparison video will detail through some of the similarities and differences...

Cratera griega MAN nº inv. 32676. Shows a symposium on one side, with a female playing the aulos. Three men gather on the other side.

Loutrophoros from the Greek collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Spain. Depicts the abduction of Persephone. 340 - 320 BCE. Nº inv. MAN 1998/92/2 94 x 27 x 36 cm