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This Greek Palace Excavation Could Finally Solve How the Mycenaean Civilization Suddenly Collapsed

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What caused the sudden collapse of the Mycenaean civilization? A remarkable palace excavation in Greece may offer new clues to one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world.

In this video, we explore the latest archaeological discoveries surrounding a Mycenaean palace and what they reveal about life in Bronze Age Greece. From powerful palace kingdoms and ancient cities to warfare, trade, climate change, earthquakes, and social upheaval, we examine the evidence behind the mysterious collapse of Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC.

The Mycenaeans built some of the most impressive palaces of the Late Bronze Age, including centers such as Mycenae, Tiryns, and Pylos. But within a relatively short period, this complex civilization experienced a dramatic collapse. What happened? Was it invasion, natural disaster, economic crisis, climate change—or a combination of several factors?

This archaeological excavation could help researchers piece together what happened during the final years of the Mycenaean world and provide fresh insight into the Bronze Age Collapse.

🔎 In this video:
• Mycenaean civilization and Bronze Age Greece
• The palace excavation and its archaeological evidence
• Mycenaean palaces, cities, and royal power
• The mysterious collapse around 1200 BC
• Warfare, earthquakes, climate change, and famine
• Ancient Greek archaeology and recent discoveries
• What happened to the Mycenaean people?
• The wider Bronze Age Collapse mystery

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20 Comments

@Jeroen_Maes 1 month ago

Most scholars today regard the Bronze Age Collapse as a complex, multicausal process involving systemic breakdown rather than as something caused solely by the Sea Peoples, this is also shown in modern documentaries, so the video is attacking a straw man.
The Sea Peoples were not simply Egyptian “propaganda”; several of the groups associated with them are attested in contemporary non-Egyptian sources as well. There are indications that people from the Aegean, including groups with Mycenaean cultural connections, themselves participated in the migrations and raids associated with the Sea Peoples. The Peleset, usually identified with the Philistines, had particularly strong Aegean/Mycenaean connections.

@morriganmhor5078 1 month ago

There exists a very old "theory" concerning the end of the Mycenaeans, described even in the 2nd century traveller Pausanias: he wrote about northern Greek tribes led by Herakles' sons, coming to the south and conquering the Peloponnesos. Same genes, same time, only less civilised Greeks, with no need for Linear B.

@EduardQualls 1 month ago

@1:25 You've got "the hillside of Ano Englianos" stuck in the Bay of Navarino, 9 km (5.7 mi) from the actual site of Nestor's Palace!
Did you ever think of checking your AI output for its hallucinations?

@JohnBrown-g6f 1 month ago

Current events give an eerie echo of the collapse of an international order occurring under political, climatic and other less tangible factors at the present time

@roberthicks2191 1 month ago

The conclusion really fits Dr Joseph Tainter's 1988 thesis for the "Collapse of Complex Societies".

@nrayanerhg53h 1 month ago

Thank you for showing my country's history. I'm grateful and thrilled!

@peterhendriks4736 1 month ago

The sea people theory is also attractive because there are parallels with the Viking raids in Europe,

@OVTraveller 1 month ago

I hope some one is recording the length of this Euro drought, the areas affected as historic climatic patttern do repeat themselves

@cgsather3309 1 month ago

The unbearable AI writing makes perfectly good content sound like a late night commercial.

@BernhardErnst 1 month ago

This seems like they were waiting for ships sent out to get food supplies and possibly also had other people showing up trying to get their existing food supplies. The fire hazard is always huge during drought. Also in time of crisis, fighting will break out over the few supplies.

@yomouth34 1 month ago

my village is 5 mins from nestors palace crazy to think about the history of the area...

@scottyoung4226 1 month ago

"Our age of bronze is collapsing." -Odysseus, definitely

@theeddorian 1 month ago

This is well done - but. It makes similar assumptions to the very explanatory tales it criticizes. For example, it assumes that "foreigners" will have "different" DNA from their victims. But the Mediterranean was very highly connected. Not just the Eastern Mediterranean but the entire sea. The Egyptian illustrations of the "Sea Peoples" reflect several known regional styles of armor and headgear that cover much of the entire Mediterranean from the Aegean to the islands west of the Italian peninsula. The description of the sea peoples as a "coalition" may be correct if you are looking for a massive movement of refugees. Similar cries for help from Levantine kingdoms describe not simply raiders or pirates but entire peoples, including women and children on the move. So, there really is no conflict. We are looking at the late Bronze Age Collapse. Egypt was simply lucky enough to have mostly ridden out the events that triggered that collapse, whatever they were.

@jadedrakerider518 1 month ago

Admittedly I am only an enthusiast in the last few years, but I have never come across anybody who ever put forth or referenced “the Sea People sacked the Myceaneans” as a hypothesis. What I have come across is the Dorian Invasion and return of the Heraklides.

@LinnSondeck 1 month ago

On the people side: drought > shortages > inland migrations > crowd instability > social revolts
On the Palace side: economic breakdown (tax revenue stalling) > security problems AND the destruction of Ugarit > trade import-export problems > social unrest & misery in industries > civilization collapse.
The people destroyed the Palaces, despite no solution following. Taxes stopped, markets were reduced to inland needs, Linear B fell silent and was forgotten, GDP & income imploded, but people survived as best they could.
See what happened much later with the Spartans: the kings prepared for a possible second wave of problems. They acted by law and transformed their main agricultural workforce into slaves. They somehow survived the democratic experiment of Athens.

@norma1276 3 weeks ago

I greatly enjoyed your video. I would encourage you to check out Dr. Eric Cline - he talks about “the perfect storm” that collapsed the Bronze Age.

Again, I really liked your thoughtful approach and obvious research on the subject. Please keep the video coming!

@palpaladin315 1 month ago

Those of us from the Adriatic & Aegean have always known Mycenae ultimately ended in a civic revolt.

This 'sea peoples' stuff is neo-classicist theatrical naming. Likeky to attract sponsors for historical work.

@robertvermaat8949 1 month ago

Sooo many straw men here.. Only outdated documentaries still push the 'one army' theory.

@simonides3167 1 month ago (edited)

I can't remember anyone arguing for an invation that destroyed the Mycenean civilization. Maybe in the past, who knows. That Mycenans may have been part of the sea ppl arriving in Egypt think was the argument. Also I think it's apparent that there was less Yamnaya part in the Greek populace in comparison to other places in Europe without needing DNA proof although obviously this removes any doubts. More in the mainland and less on the islands. Mycene been a step-doughter of Minoan civilization is also I would think apparent. A more militarized version of it. For it's demise I would go for a stess in it's economy due to overexpansion. Combined with droughts makes even more sense. Overexpansion and stress back home is my reading of the Trojan war and Homer's narrative of the strife in Mycene and Ithaca palaces. As well of the tragedies that followed Homer. Orestis case for example.

@VincentBashaw-o3v 1 month ago

It didn't happen once, it happened twice with some groups in both attacks while the second attack had some new groups while other groups didn't join the second attack. You are correct about the description being propaganda for Ramses. No ruler is going to have a defeat depicted on his tomb or temple. If the group names are accurate, some of these groups came from Asia Minor, from the territory near the Hittie Empire. We do know famine and drought occur at this time, not only in this region, but also in Europe and regions north of the Black Sea. India also suffered a civilization collapse at the same time, so we could be seeing stress on the land, which triggered mass migration and loss of life.
We do know of another period of famine and drought in about 2200-2300 BC and this second one, didn't end until after 1000 BC. Even Egypt and other river basins suffered from the drought and the dislocation of the population.