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

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  • 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
    Related Videos:
    Exploring Mycenaean Greece - Culture, Kingdoms and the Historical Context of the Trojan War
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    The World of Neolithic Greece - The First Seafarers, Traders and Farmers of Prehistoric Greece
    • The World of Neolithic...
    The Bronze Age in Paradise: The Early Societies of the Cyclades (Early Cycladic Culture)
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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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  • @Breakfast_of_Champions
    @Breakfast_of_Champions หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    The chainsaw massacre at Tyrins😄

    • @maureensinisi8896
      @maureensinisi8896 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Thank you for the tour!

    • @kaiokendo
      @kaiokendo หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Enduro yyaay

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just simply call it Tiryns 🙂

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @whitewolf-hn2sk
      @whitewolf-hn2sk หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    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  หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @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 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @bryces9951
    @bryces9951 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @Puzzledtraveller
    @Puzzledtraveller หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kellyezebra
    @kellyezebra หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks so much for posting this! Comments like this make my day and are part of the reason why I do what I do...glad you're enjoying these videos. My goal is to make history accessible to everyone regardless of prior knowledge so glad some of these vids have sparked your interest. Thanks so much for watching, really appreciate it!

  • @ancientsitesgirl
    @ancientsitesgirl หลายเดือนก่อน +13

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

    • @sraught
      @sraught หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @catman8965
      @catman8965 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @clivesmith9377
    @clivesmith9377 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Breathtaking! Those figurines were great, thank you!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      My pleasure, thanks for watching!

    • @clivesmith9377
      @clivesmith9377 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@HistorywithCy I looked for books on the citadel of Tiryns but I found nothing.
      Do you, maybe, know of any titles?

  • @nigelmorroll3343
    @nigelmorroll3343 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @bettylaselli2048
    @bettylaselli2048 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You're welcome, thanks for watching!

  • @paragorn206
    @paragorn206 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

  • @szbyzan
    @szbyzan หลายเดือนก่อน +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..

  • @welcome_Moscow_walks
    @welcome_Moscow_walks หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thank you for interesting tour 😊

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My pleasure, thank YOU for watching!

  • @valiciprian2061
    @valiciprian2061 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautiful.

  • @sraught
    @sraught หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yeah it is truly a remarkable site... walking up and down the staircase is fun but you have to be careful... I slipped but luckily caught myself before I landed badly and cut myself on those stones. Thanks for watching!

  • @WanaxTV
    @WanaxTV หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @faryafaraji
    @faryafaraji หลายเดือนก่อน

    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  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @theitineranthistorian2024
    @theitineranthistorian2024 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    quite amazing

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @GLeibniz1716
    @GLeibniz1716 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

  • @henkstersmacro-world
    @henkstersmacro-world หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @johnbeans2000
    @johnbeans2000 หลายเดือนก่อน +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!

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My pleasure, glad you enjoyed this and hope you can see it live in the future!

  • @bkohatl
    @bkohatl หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo
    @BasicArchaeology-oz4yo หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video. I love it!!

  • @ProcyonAlpha
    @ProcyonAlpha หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks 🎉

  • @sandrargriffith3493
    @sandrargriffith3493 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @sandrargriffith3493
      @sandrargriffith3493 หลายเดือนก่อน

      with the sound off lol

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

      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!

  • @brad4268ify
    @brad4268ify หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh Wow ive always wanted to go there

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hope you get to go one day...thanks for watching!

  • @t.j.payeur5331
    @t.j.payeur5331 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The paintings look just like the ones on Crete .

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes, they were likely influence by Minoan styles of art. Thanks for watching!

  • @pittlebelge
    @pittlebelge หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @hanswi336
    @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @TheRedneckPreppy
    @TheRedneckPreppy หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      For sure, thanks for always tuning in!

  • @EGSBiographies-om1wb
    @EGSBiographies-om1wb 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mr Beat recommended this channel.

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Welcome! Mr. Beat is great, love his channel for American history.

  • @baggelis_aikaterinis
    @baggelis_aikaterinis หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @garymills562
    @garymills562 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @brian7android985
    @brian7android985 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @hydroac9387
    @hydroac9387 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @jintermax1073
    @jintermax1073 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @stuartwald2395
    @stuartwald2395 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @sterlingwarren
    @sterlingwarren หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @bobdowling6932
    @bobdowling6932 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I got there around 10:30 AM and there were maybe three other people there at the time. It probably gets busier later in the day. I think a lot of people overlook Tiryns and head straight to Mycenae.

  • @MarcusAgrippa390
    @MarcusAgrippa390 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @sraught
      @sraught หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @fuferito
    @fuferito หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Mighty walled Tiryns," Homer calls it.

  • @juniorthomas6404
    @juniorthomas6404 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @blottoarregato8935
    @blottoarregato8935 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @vonderloo3184
    @vonderloo3184 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks repaired to me with orange pieces. 🙃

  • @user-ly8dq9tb8c
    @user-ly8dq9tb8c หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @kaarlimakela3413
    @kaarlimakela3413 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @gerardmichaelburnsjr.
    @gerardmichaelburnsjr. หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is there no sound?

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What do you mean?

  • @ezzovonachalm9815
    @ezzovonachalm9815 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @permafrost7781
    @permafrost7781 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Were these built pre or post flood?

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @permafrost7781
      @permafrost7781 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@permafrost7781 Trump voter ??

  • @HamCubes
    @HamCubes หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    No escaping from the goddamned BLOWERS!

    • @hanswi336
      @hanswi336 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The blower turned out to be a saw 🙂

    • @HamCubes
      @HamCubes หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@hanswi336 Thank you!

  • @S3Kglitches
    @S3Kglitches หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @pontiacpaul1
    @pontiacpaul1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was a lower city

  • @mns8732
    @mns8732 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you touch the stone?

    • @HistorywithCy
      @HistorywithCy  หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ChuJungyin
    @ChuJungyin หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @thatonedude6247
    @thatonedude6247 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMAIGA

  • @ogrejd
    @ogrejd หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Andy_Babb
    @Andy_Babb หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @m00nmanners
    @m00nmanners หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @perretti
    @perretti หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @koksalceylan9032
    @koksalceylan9032 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All hitite inventions

  • @rafaelfcf
    @rafaelfcf หลายเดือนก่อน

    It looks way less safer than Mycenea.

  • @nole8923
    @nole8923 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Chainsaw

    •  หลายเดือนก่อน

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