They are thought to have been the ancient civilisation immortalised in Homer's Iliad, having dominated Greece for centuries, before mysteriously disappearing in 1200BC. But now archaeologists believe they may have found the ruins of a long-lost palace belong used by ancient Sparta's Mycenaean culture. The palace, which had around 10 rooms, was and was discovered near the village Xirokambi Lakonia, located close to Sparta in southern Greece, and was found filled with archaic inscriptions from between the 17th and 16 centuries BC. Archaeologists found an array of cultic objects at the site, named Ayios Vassileios, including religious symbols, clay figures and a bull's head cup, as well as a seal showing a nautilus, bronze swords and fragments of murals, the Greek Ministry of Culture said.Palace had around 10 rooms and was discovered near the village Xirokampi Laconianear, which is close to Sparta in southern GreeceThe grand building is from between the 17th and 16th centuries BCArchaeologists found tablets inscribed with Linear B - the oldest script to be discovered in Europe and the first recording of the Greek languageAnd cultic objects such as ivory figurines, gems and a bull-shaped cup
They say it is particularly remarkable the artifacts have survived for so long because the palace was burnt to the ground in the 14th century _.