{"product_id":"the-mycenaeans","title":"The Mycenaeans","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor almost three thousand years  the Mycenaeans  ancestors of the classical Greeks  lay lost and forgotten beneath the soil of Greece. In 1876  however  a German businessman  Heinrich Schliemann  in his search for the great Mycenaean king Agamemnon and other heroes of the Trojan War  made an astounding discovery in Mycenae: inside the monumental Lion Gate he discovered shaft graves belonging to a warrior elite  many of whom were buried wearing striking gold funerary masks and armor. In this authoritative new survey  Schofield examines these initial discoveries and other material evidence from Mycenaean culture  including painted pottery  documents in Linear B script  and the remains of fortress-palaces  all of which have yielded important information about the social hierarchies  religion  and military and trading activities of this wealthy and sophisticated culture. The author also considers the factual basis for the Mycenaeans legendary links with the Trojan War and the various explanations for the eventual decline of their civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946469847093,"sku":"ByrdShop_0892368675","price":226.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780892368679.jpg?v=1769951056","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mycenaeans","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}