Exploring the Mycenaean Citadel of Tiryns (History and Walking Tour)

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  • Опубліковано 25 тра 2024
  • In this video we'll take a tour of mighty Tiryns, one of the great Mycenaean citadels of the late Bronze Age.
    Contents:
    00:00 History of Tiryns
    04:31 Walking Tour of Tiryns
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    Sources and Suggested Reading:
    Greece Monuments and Museums: Corinthia-Argolida - Elsi Spathari
    The Mycenaeans - Louise Schofield
    Mycenaeans - Rodney Castleden
    Dawn of the Gods: Minoan and Mycenaean Origins of Greece - Jacquetta Hawkings
    Shout out to ARCAS Travel for arranging the trip to Tiryns.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 104

  • @Breakfast_of_Champions
    @Breakfast_of_Champions Місяць тому +58

    The chainsaw massacre at Tyrins😄

    • @maureensinisi8896
      @maureensinisi8896 Місяць тому +4

      Thank you for the tour!

    • @kaiokendo
      @kaiokendo Місяць тому +1

      Enduro yyaay

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      Just simply call it Tiryns 🙂

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  23 дні тому +1

      Thanks everyone for watching, really appreciate it and more vids exploring sites in Greece and other places to come!

    • @whitewolf-hn2sk
      @whitewolf-hn2sk 22 дні тому +1

      I've been to a lot of ancient sites in Greece and honestly there is always some large diesel engine machinery making noise in the background 😂

  • @azwris
    @azwris Місяць тому +20

    One of my favorite places to be! Sometimes I take my bike and go there only for the weekends. Two hours from home!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  23 дні тому +2

      Nice, it's such a beautiful area...it was also my first visit to Nafplio but it quickly became one of my favorite cities in Greece along with Tripoli and Pilos. Thanks for watching!

    • @azwris
      @azwris 23 дні тому

      @HistorywithCy You are welcome Cy! Peloponnese is a very beautiful place with an extended variety of landscapes. I hope you always enjoy your travels and stay here. I would also like to suggest some books that you can read about Greek prehistory. Books that can help you a lot with your videos. Unfortunately, they're written only in our language. If you're interested let me know and I can share some titles with you via email or even here.

    • @Liakos953
      @Liakos953 9 годин тому

      @@azwris Hi, could you share these books here as i’m also from Greece and I would be interested in reading them

  • @bryces9951
    @bryces9951 29 днів тому +12

    Ahh yes the chainsaw weilding people of tiryns, i have heard many stories about their wars against trees. Thanks Cy love your channel bro!

    • @interdictr3657
      @interdictr3657 29 днів тому +4

      I can imagine how frustrated Cy would be having that chainsaw go on and on when hes trying to film LOL

  • @kellyezebra
    @kellyezebra 29 днів тому +6

    Cy, can I tell you a secret? I really wasn’t all that bothered about ancient cultures. I forget what video got me watching you, but your enthusiasm for the subject has infected me.
    The sheer joy and respect you put on teaching us what you’ve learned about literally any people or land just makes my day, and makes learning history fun! Thank you for sharing!

  • @Puzzledtraveller
    @Puzzledtraveller Місяць тому +9

    Like many, my interest in ancient civilizations in particular Greece was reinvigorated by AC Odyssey, watching this video it's amazing just how much of the natural landscape is captured in the game. To imagine standing there gazing at those walls knowing many ancient Greeks stood there like you equally in awe.

  • @sraught
    @sraught 29 днів тому +3

    Of all the photos I took during my visit to Greece, the Western Staircase at Tyrins is my favorite. There's just some surreal about being surrounded by such an ancient structure.

  • @ancientsitesgirl
    @ancientsitesgirl Місяць тому +13

    I've only seen it from a distance, coming back from Mycenae, great video, I miss the Peloponnese!😍

    • @sraught
      @sraught 29 днів тому +2

      My wife and I saw Mycenae back in January. I'm convinced the place was overrun by cats, and their descendants still rule there today.

    • @catman8965
      @catman8965 25 днів тому

      I wish YOU could do a vid. about this place.

    • @catman8965
      @catman8965 25 днів тому

      ​@@sraught
      CATS RULE...MEOW!!!💖💞💗🥂🍾🌻👀

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      Thanks! Actually channels like yours inspired videos like this. Thanks so much for watching!

  • @nigelmorroll3343
    @nigelmorroll3343 Місяць тому +6

    Even what we see today is basically in Ruin , you can still see traces of its former glory. Must of have been an impressive sign back then.

  • @clivesmith9377
    @clivesmith9377 29 днів тому +3

    Breathtaking! Those figurines were great, thank you!

  • @szbyzan
    @szbyzan 29 днів тому +2

    Thank you for posting this. I used to have dreams of walking along a street wearing a red linen dress and this really does look like the place. I can smell it and hear laughter and talk and casual arguments..

  • @benvenuti_Moscow_walks
    @benvenuti_Moscow_walks Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for interesting tour 😊

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 29 днів тому +5

    Another precious cedar bites the dust.
    I am so grateful to see these sites anyway!
    Thanks, Cy!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  25 днів тому +2

      Thanks, glad you enjoyed it... more tours to come, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

  • @bettylaselli2048
    @bettylaselli2048 Місяць тому +5

    Wow! Great video as always.
    I love it! Thanks for sharing ❤

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  25 днів тому +1

      You're welcome, thanks for watching!

  • @paragorn206
    @paragorn206 Місяць тому +7

    You're the man! Thanks so much for sharing!!

  • @valiciprian2061
    @valiciprian2061 Місяць тому +4

    Beautiful.

  • @johnbeans2000
    @johnbeans2000 28 днів тому +1

    Thank you for taking us poors to see this site😂
    I can't afford travel but so much to see! Thanks again for doing the next best thing and uploading a video tour!

  • @WanaxTV
    @WanaxTV 27 днів тому

    Wow! Great to see Tiryns and I love this tour style! Great job Cy 🫡

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      Thanks so much, you're gonna love it when you visit... it's a site fit for a Wanax!

  • @theitineranthistorian2024
    @theitineranthistorian2024 Місяць тому +3

    quite amazing

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      Yeah it's a really cool place...thanks for watching!

  • @GLeibniz1716
    @GLeibniz1716 29 днів тому +1

    The Mycenaean world is too often overlooked , but you’re doing a good job of illuminating it! Any chance of some vids on warfare, armaments and tactics from middle Bronze Age Mesopotamia Hammurabi , shamsi adad, etc. Your vids on that period were excellent; this would complement them!

  • @bkohatl
    @bkohatl 27 днів тому

    You are living the life of my dreams. thanks for sharing.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      No problem, glad you liked it and more tours to come!

  • @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo
    @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo 16 днів тому

    Awesome video. I love it!!

  • @henkstersmacro-world
    @henkstersmacro-world Місяць тому +2

    👍👍👍 Too late to watch it now but it will be first thing to do tomorrow👀

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому +1

      Thanks man, hope you enjoyed it. It's less of a history video, more travel I suppose.

  • @brad4268ify
    @brad4268ify 27 днів тому

    Oh Wow ive always wanted to go there

  • @hanswi336
    @hanswi336 29 днів тому

    Let's not forget that Plataiai was 479 B.C., whereas 480 was Thermopylai... Else - what a wonderful walk - I did that in 1974 when there were no chainsaws....
    The walls of the Western Staircase contained some of the famous frescos.

  • @sandrargriffith3493
    @sandrargriffith3493 29 днів тому +1

    sounds that make me crazy: chainsaws, leaf blowers, barking dogs.
    Good video, enjoyed the tour. thank you.

    • @sandrargriffith3493
      @sandrargriffith3493 29 днів тому

      with the sound off lol

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      Haha yeah that's what you'd experience if you go there...tried to keep it as real as possible lol. Thanks so for watching, appreciate it!

  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji 22 дні тому

    I've been spending my springs in the Argolides every year for a few years now but never heard of Tyrins. Shows the unparalleled notoriety of Mycenae, I suppose. In any case, great video, now I know where I'll go when I return to the Argolides!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  22 дні тому

      It's definitely worth the visit and not that far from Mycenae itself!

  • @ProcyonAlpha
    @ProcyonAlpha Місяць тому +2

    Thanks 🎉

  • @t.j.payeur5331
    @t.j.payeur5331 Місяць тому +2

    The paintings look just like the ones on Crete .

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb 5 днів тому

    Mr Beat recommended this channel.

  • @TheRedneckPreppy
    @TheRedneckPreppy 29 днів тому +3

    Great video as always Cy, and continued thanks for your videos.

  • @pittlebelge
    @pittlebelge 29 днів тому

    What struck me the most when visiting the Argolis is just how close those bronze age citadels were to each other. It gave me the feeling that those rulers would have had a lot of opportunity to meet, talk and feast together. I know the historicity of the Iliad is very much in question, but I can't help but imagine that in the war camp of the Argives, some people would have been much more familiar with eachother than the rest.

  • @brian7android985
    @brian7android985 28 днів тому +1

    Ahh, the dulcet tones of original Mycenian chainsaws...

  • @hydroac9387
    @hydroac9387 29 днів тому

    I love maps!
    I wish you had lingered and explained a bit about the maps of the site I saw glimpses of around 9:50 and 17:05. That would make the rest of the tour more interesting!
    Question: I know many of these sites are reconstructed. How much of Tiryns is reconstructed? It looks like the walls got some TLC.

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      TLC - Tender Loving Care _ Thin Layer Chromatography, anybody more suggestions??

  • @garymills562
    @garymills562 29 днів тому

    I was at Tiryns in August of 86, not as green. Less traffic noise, and zero tourists. The walls made it at least as impressive as Mycenae.

  • @baggelis_aikaterinis
    @baggelis_aikaterinis Місяць тому +2

    Πολυ καλο βιντεο αν εξαιρεσεις τον τυπο με το αλυσοπριονο .
    Αναρωτιεμαι αν του ζητησες να σταματησει για λιγο ..........

  • @stuartwald2395
    @stuartwald2395 28 днів тому

    If you look carefully you can see inscribed on one of the stones: "Heracles was here. Got any labors?"

  • @jintermax1073
    @jintermax1073 13 днів тому

    Do you have video's on tower of Babel? @HistorywithCy

  • @sterlingwarren
    @sterlingwarren 27 днів тому

    History of the Khazars part 2 please. Long over due.
    Or at least sources to reference.

  • @bobdowling6932
    @bobdowling6932 29 днів тому

    What time of year / time of day were you visiting? Is it always this empty?

  • @MarcusAgrippa390
    @MarcusAgrippa390 29 днів тому

    Sparse vegetation and a few trees, so it's kind of odd to see so many stones and hills and mountains and the sound of the gravel crunching as you walk...
    Only to hear an unseen chainsaw in the distance.

  • @oliviergermain350
    @oliviergermain350 29 днів тому +1

    I think that this site, like others, such as Mycenae, is of antediluvian origin, several times reused until ancient antiquity.

    • @sraught
      @sraught 29 днів тому

      That's an interesting take. Why do you think that? I personally believe in the flood, so I'm honestly curious.

  • @blottoarregato8935
    @blottoarregato8935 29 днів тому +2

    Seems it was Leatherface, not the Sea Peoples who wiped out Mycenaean civilization

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito 29 днів тому +2

    "Mighty walled Tiryns," Homer calls it.

  • @user-ly8dq9tb8c
    @user-ly8dq9tb8c 27 днів тому +1

    At least the Tiryns didn't have to put up with a noisy chainsaw, back in the day.

  • @vonderloo3184
    @vonderloo3184 Місяць тому +1

    Looks repaired to me with orange pieces. 🙃

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 16 днів тому

    Ever hear of Alula in Saudi Arabia!?!? WOW WOW WOW!

  • @gerardmichaelburnsjr.
    @gerardmichaelburnsjr. 29 днів тому

    Why is there no sound?

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      What do you mean?

  • @ezzovonachalm9815
    @ezzovonachalm9815 29 днів тому

    Please do not film chainsaws ,the peripheral megalitic stones, Tourists , nearby mountains (or tell us their names for orientation) but film what remains of the citadel and habitations ! And stop the travelings to let us see memorable or testimonial details.
    Thank You for this master work of mute subsisting important historical mycenean remains

  • @juniorthomas6404
    @juniorthomas6404 Місяць тому +2

    Still waiting for the continuation of the Peloponnesian war. I already watched Kings and generals video

  • @HamCubes
    @HamCubes Місяць тому +5

    No escaping from the goddamned BLOWERS!

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому +1

      The blower turned out to be a saw 🙂

    • @HamCubes
      @HamCubes 29 днів тому

      @@hanswi336 Thank you!

  • @permafrost7781
    @permafrost7781 29 днів тому

    Were these built pre or post flood?

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      Which flood? If the Mediterranean Sea should have flooded the Black Sea at the Bosporus, that might have been around 6000ish B.C. and no impact on Greece. The earliest "Mycenean" walls of Tiryns were dated at about 2500 B.C. and the upper citadel was destoyed at about 1190-1180 B.C.

    • @permafrost7781
      @permafrost7781 29 днів тому

      @@hanswi336 The proven biblical flood. Noah? I believe it is dated at around 2400 BC.

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      @@permafrost7781 Where did that occur and why should that have happened? How was that "proven"?

    • @permafrost7781
      @permafrost7781 29 днів тому

      @@hanswi336 I dunno, can search the bible maybe? Hundreds of videos of proof the ark was found near mount ararat in Turkey, but if you think God is a fable fantasy and believe you came out from the sea nevermind than.

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 28 днів тому

      @@permafrost7781 Trump voter ??

  • @pontiacpaul1
    @pontiacpaul1 29 днів тому

    Was a lower city

  • @ChuJungyin
    @ChuJungyin 29 днів тому

    11:22 I bet those nearby farmers aren't paying their taxes to the Wanax of Tiryns.

  • @mns8732
    @mns8732 20 днів тому

    Can you touch the stone?

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  20 днів тому

      Yes, you can pretty explore the whole site without restrictions. Thanks for watching!

  • @S3Kglitches
    @S3Kglitches 23 дні тому

    Occupied since 5000 BC. What civilization/nation lived there? The Indo-Europeans expanded like 3000 BC didnt they

  • @thatonedude6247
    @thatonedude6247 Місяць тому +1

    OMAIGA

  • @m00nmanners
    @m00nmanners 29 днів тому +2

    Thanks Cy, great video but I think it's safe to say the vast majority of your audience will never make it to Greece!

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 29 днів тому

      And surely nobody will make it to the moon after watching "Apollo 13".....

  • @Andy_Babb
    @Andy_Babb 28 днів тому

    I’d like to see a documentary about Medusa… legend has it that she was objectifying people

  • @perretti
    @perretti 26 днів тому +1

    Jesus Christ we don’t need to hear the locals construction crews for 20 minutes WTF?

  • @koksalceylan9032
    @koksalceylan9032 29 днів тому

    All hitite inventions

  • @ogrejd
    @ogrejd 29 днів тому

    Can't imagine just how claustrophobic it must've been back when it was in its prime.

  • @rafaelfcf
    @rafaelfcf 28 днів тому

    It looks way less safer than Mycenea.

  • @nole8923
    @nole8923 Місяць тому +2

    Historians still haven’t done a good job explaining what caused the Bronze Age collapse and the destruction of bronze era cities and civilizations. And what’s with the weed eater sounds at 5:15?

    • @steventhompson399
      @steventhompson399 Місяць тому +3

      Bronze age collapse is still murky and there's no straightforward simple explanation that I've heard, but I've most often heard climate change (getting dryer, famine) and the sea people's attacking, but there is dispute about it and we may never really know

    • @BarrySuridge
      @BarrySuridge Місяць тому +3

      Chainsaw

    •  Місяць тому

      A domino effect caused by climate change, which may have started north of Greece. After all, we know most Sea people were indoeuropeans