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The fortified city of Mycenae and the Mycenaean civilisation to which it gave its name were first introduced to the world by Heinrich Schliemann's excavations from 1874 onwards, which carried the history of Europe far back into the Bronze Age of the second millennium B.C.; and although many other strongholds and settlements of the same period have since been discovered Mycenae still retains its pre-eminence.

When the first Greeks came to this region around 2000 B.C. they would no doubt establish themselves on the 278m/912ft high hill "in the farthest corner of Argolis, nourisher of horses". Thereafter they mingled with the indigenous population and a hybrid culture evolved.
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