This is part of the wall that originally encircled the entire city. The wall is 20 feet thick, 40 feet high and 3,000 feet long and each of the large stones weighs over 5 tons. Over 14,000 of them were used to build it. It is impossible to photograph the grandeur of it all...it's like trying to photograph the Grand Canyon. It took our breath away. And remember, these walls were built, starting about 1300 BC. Some of the ruins 0n the site can be dated back to 4000 BC - the Helladic period.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Mycenae Wall
This is part of the wall that originally encircled the entire city. The wall is 20 feet thick, 40 feet high and 3,000 feet long and each of the large stones weighs over 5 tons. Over 14,000 of them were used to build it. It is impossible to photograph the grandeur of it all...it's like trying to photograph the Grand Canyon. It took our breath away. And remember, these walls were built, starting about 1300 BC. Some of the ruins 0n the site can be dated back to 4000 BC - the Helladic period.
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