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© HELLENIC MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND SPORTS; PHOTO BY S. MAVROMMATIS

The splendor of Mycenae is embodied in the beaten gold burial masks excavated by Schliemann, who did not hesitate to attribute one of them to Agamemnon. As these masks predate (the legendary) Agamemnon by some 400 years, modern science asks a fundamental question: Did the Greek warrior ever even live at Mycenae?