Today we also went to Mycenae, the great ancient city of Greece. Alex Kaufman and Cole Beairsto were our tour guides, and provided us with a wealth of knowledge about the Mycenaean tombs. The ones we saw were massive domes reaching 50 feet in hight and were made of huge cut stone. We also saw the tomb of Agamemnon, to which Mr. Whitson provided us a history of Agamemnon's, the king of kings, ancestry and the manly tragedies that befell the bloodline. After Mycenae, we went back to our hostel and split into groups. Two groups went shopping, and a third went to the National Archaeology Museum. It is considered the largest and best collection of ancient artifacts in the world. The shoppers went around the street markets of Athens and found everything from earrings to gelato. Overall, it was a great way to start our class trip.
Nicolas Carerras
Tesseract 9th Grade Student
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