This means that the dark ages of Greece, could be much shorter than previously believed since the late geometric—and so the Greek renaissance, which saw the introduction of the alphabet—would ...

So, the dark ages of Greece would be much shorter and the new start to the iron ages and the Greek Renaissance would be placed 100 years earlier than previously thought.

In the Late Bronze Age, powerful kingdoms spanned lands that are now Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Turkey, Israel and the Palestinian territories, but they collapsed suddenly around 1200 BC.

The Lefkandi textile, found inside a bronze amphora, is the showpiece of a remarkable but little-known burial site on the island of Euboea. It sheds some light on an otherwise Dark Age: what ...

New Light on the Greek 'Dark Age' Broadcast Sun 12 Aug 2007 at 5:45am Sunday 12 Aug 2007 at 5:45am Sun 12 Aug 2007 at 5:45am Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up ...