Smoke has covered the Bronze Age archaeological site of Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece, after a fire broke out near there today
Smoke covered the Bronze Age archaeological site of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, Greece, after a fire broke out near there today.
Visitors were evacuated, but the fire department insisted there was no danger to the museum at the site.Flames licked through the ruins as forest fires spread, the southern Peloponnese fire department confirmed.The fire started near the tomb of Agamemnon, the king of Mycenae who was killed during the Trojan War, according to local media.A force of 27 firefighters, a ground crew and eight fire trucks, assisted by two planes and a helicopter, are working to put out the fire.Smoke covered the famous Lion’s Gate entrance to Mycenae as fire burned in a section of the historic site.In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the main centers of civilization in the Mediterranean.Greece faces forest fires annually during the dry summer season, with strong winds and temperatures often exceeding 30 ° C.
