Revisted Mycenae after having read Pat Barker’s Silence of the Girls. Felt we now knew more about Agememnon and the site would be more meaningful. It’s an amazing place and I get a real sense of the past from being there. The beehive tombs are extraordinary pieces of architecture and it must have been so exciting to have discovered them.
Lion gate 
Lion Gate Mycenae 
Grave circle 
Grave circle 
Back gate to the citadel 
Entrance to the beehive tomb of Agamemnon’s wife Clytemnestra 
Ceiling of beehive tomb of Clytemnestra
The museum contains some good examples of pottery 3000 years old with descriptions of history of the period.
And lastly, we stayed overnight at a camperstop by a cafe just down the road from the site. Very friendly guy running the place. It would have been better if we’d spent less time on breakfast and got to the site earlier, but what a fabulous location
Eggs and avo on toast
