And the Hello and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece.

Episode 9 Greek Resurgence.

Following the collapse of the Mycenaean world, Greece descended into relative cultural stagnation

for almost three centuries, with the loss of their extensive trade network and writing.

But in the late 10th century BC, the first embers of Greek resurgence began to smolder. Around this time, Yubia, the second largest Greek

island behind Crete, managed to reforge some links of an internal Greek trading network. This development led several

U-Bian settlements, such as the village of Leffkandy, to become wealthy, at least in comparison to their Greek contemporaries.

Discovered in 1981, Lefkandy is heralded as a location of continuity following the collapse

of the Mycen civilization, and scholars still haven't been able to

understand why it lasted while others did not. At Leff Kondi, excavators have found the largest dark age building thus far.

Measuring 30 feet long and 150 feet wide. A burial beneath the floor of the main

room held a bronze amphora from Cyprus containing

the cremated remains of a man, presumably the basileus. His ashes were

wrapped in a linen cloth. The amphora was engraved with a hunting scene on the rim and was placed

within a still larger bronze bowl. Beside it were found an iron sword, spearhead, and a wetstone, which was used for sharpening the tools.

Next to the Amphoralea skeleton of a woman, presumably the Bassoleus's wife, and buried wearing bronze and gold jewelry from Cyprus and

the Levant. Nearby was another burrio containing the skeletons of four horses,

presumably as a sacrifice, with iron bits in their mouths.

The fact that these people could afford to bury these type of commodities

shows their growing wealth at this time. Also a terracotta figurine of a

centaur was found in one of the burials. One of the famous centaurs of Antiquity was Chiron,

the tutor of many of the great heroes. There aren't many figurines

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