Ancient Greece is rightfully considered the cradle of Western civilization. To the ancient Greeks we trace the origins of Western philosophy, literature, and public institutions—and, of course, democracy. The earliest advanced culture to emerge on European soil was the Mycenaean, named after the palace city of Mycenae in the northeastern Peloponnese. Treasures of the Mycenaeans are currently on display in Karlsruhe (in southwest Germany), in an exhibition titled Mycenae—the Fabulous World of Agamemnon (“Mykene—Die sagenhafte Welt des Agamemnon,” in German). With more than 400 objects on loan from Greece, this unparalleled exhibit showcases the whole Mycenaean civilization, which flourished […]
