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'''Tiryns''' (in [[Greek language|ancient greek]] Τίρυνς Modern Greek: Τίρυνθα) is a [[Mycenae]]an archeological site in the [[Greece|Greek]] [[Prefecture]] of [[Argolis]] in the [[Peloponnese]] peninsula, some kilometres north of [[Nafplion]].

Tiryns was a hill fort with occupation ranging back seven thousand years, from the beginning of the [[bronze age]]. It reached its height between [[14th century BC|1400]] and [[13th century BC|1200 BC]]. Its most notable features were its palace, its cyclopean tunnels and especially its walls, which gave the city its [[Homer]]ic epithet of "mighty walled Tiryns". In ancient times, the city was linked to the myths surrounding [[Heracles]]. Some sources gave it as his birthplace. [http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/Tiryns.html]

The famous megaron of the palace of Tirynsis has a large reception hall, the main room of which had a throne placed against the right wall and a central hearth bordered by four [[Minoan]]-style wooden columns that served as supports for the roof.

The site went into decline at the end of the [[Mycenaean period]], and was completely deserted by the time [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] visited in the [[2nd century]] AD. This site was excavated by [[Heinrich Schliemann]] in [[1884]]-[[1885]], and is the subject of ongoing excavations.

Tiryns was recognized as one of the World Heritage Sites in [[1999]]. Visitors to the site might like to know that the top of the hill has been liberally concreted, giving it a feel of part hill fort and part helicopter landing site.

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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Greece]]
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in Greece]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek cities]]
[[Category:Argolis prefecture]]

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Irlandos at 12:40, March 13, 2006