MYTH Atlas

Exploring Ancient stories, One map at a Time

Late Bronze Age, Part I: An Overview

Map of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean c. 1300 BC.

In this episode, we explore the major civilizations who shaped the course of the Late Bronze Age Aegean.

Explore:

  • Heroes such as Heracles, Perseus, Theseus, and Achilles.
  • Monsters and beasts such as Cyclopes, Centaurs, Pegasus, and Giants.
  • Gods: Olympians, Titans, Nymphs, and everything in between.
  • Legends such as the Trojan War, the Odyssey, and Atlantis.

Have you ever wondered where myths come from? Who really were the Greek gods? Was Atlantis real?

Myth Atlas explores these questions, and analyzes the geography and history behind these ancient stories.

Myth Atlas Aims to:

  • Create a community eager to understand where myths come from.
  • Determine the origins of Greek Mythology.
  • Find Atlantis and document its discovery.

Follow the Journey to Atlantis

LATEST ARTICLES

Map of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean c. 1300 BC.
Late Bronze Age, Part I: An Overview
In our previous series on the Amazons, we saw that mythology aligns remarkably well with the historical reality of the Late Bronze Age. The parallels between the mythical Amazons and...
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Amazons, Part IVb: Origins of Myth
This is Part IVb of a four-part (I, II, III, IVa) series on the Amazons. Our objective with this series is to lend credence to the idea that Greek myths derive from historical accounts....
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Amazons, Part IVa: Later History
I’ve decided to break the fourth episode into two parts, as it was getting quite long. So this is the first half of the fourth and final episode of our series on the Amazons (I, II,...
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Amazons, Part III: Historical Amazons
This is Part III of a four-part series (I, II, IVa, IVb) on the Amazons. In Part I, we saw that ancient writers considered the Amazons to be Scythians who conquered most of Anatolia...
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Amazons, Part II: Amazonia
This is Part II of a four-part series (I, III, IVa, IVb) on the Amazons. In Part I, we looked at what ancient scholars had to say about the origins, society, and history of this legendary...
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A 19th-century illustration of Amazone zu Pferde.
Amazons, Part I: Mythical History
The Amazons continue to spur the imagination to this day, after more than 2,500 years. Legends of a defiant tribe of female warriors fascinated the ancients as much as they do today....
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