Cyclopean Walls
soource: http://www.athens-greece-guide.com/mycenae.htm
Posted on 04/25/2013 2:24:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The disappearance of the Mycenaens is a Mediterranean mystery. Leading explanations include warfare with invaders or uprising by lower classes. Some scientists also think one of the country's frequent earthquakes could have contributed to the culture's collapse. At the ruins of Tiryns, a fortified palace, geologists hope to find evidence to confirm whether an earthquake was a likely culprit.
Tiryns was one of the great Mycenaean cities. Atop a limestone hill, the city-state's king built a palace with walls so thick they were called Cyclopean, because only the one-eyed monster could have carried the massive limestone blocks. The walls were about 30 feet (10 meters) high and 26 feet (8 m) wide, with blocks weighing 13 tons, said Klaus-G. Hinzen, a seismologist at the University of Cologne in Germany and project leader. He presented his team's preliminary results April 19 at the Seismological Society of America's annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
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I always thought it was the Doric Greeks who came from the North and were tall and sometimes blond headed who became the dominant people on the Peloponnese. I don’t think the Ionians went away especially in the areas controlled by Athens and the Islands.
Maybe the helots, the Spartan’s slaves were Ionian. I also think Argos was more Ionian.
Nah! More 'n likely it was
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