Britain’s earliest visitors: Mycenaean Greeks

[guy]

Written evidence by Pytheas of the Greek contact with ancient Britain predated the Roman presence as discussed in the thread below:

The Mycenaean Greeks may have had an even earlier contact with Britain around a thousand years before in 1700 BCE:

 

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Mycenaean axes, as well as other objects, such as the ”Rillaton Gold Cup” (see picture above) and the ”Pelynt Dagger” have been found in the south of England, more precisely in Cornwall, in the extreme southwestern corner of the island. These relatively rare but incredibly significant archaeological findings have shown to researchers that the people of southern Britain did indeed have links with the Greeks of Mycenae around 1700 BC, at a time when any ties between such distant peoples seem unimaginable.

 

https://greekreporter.com/2021/10/24/greek-presence-in-britain-history/

The debate remains, however, whether these items are really Mycenaean or were brought to Britain at a much later date. These findings, as well as the writings of Pytheas (see above) suggest an earlier than expected contact of Britain with Ancient Greece.

Edited August 27, 2023 by guy