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2. Mycenae is an archeological
site near Mycenae in
Greece, located about 90
kilometers of Athens.

3. This monument was dedicated to the king
Agamemnon king of Mycenae

4. At the bronze age on a
fortified hill
surrounded by small
villages and estates.
At the Doric period they
were a lot of wars
and on this period on
one of the wars king
Agamemnon died.

5.  The Lions Gate is the main entrance of the Acropolis of Mycenae, the
main center of Mycenaean Culture. The gate was constructed in the
middle of the 13th century BC, during the second extension of the
fortifications to Mycenae when King Atreas was king.