ily , ▁offers ▁evidence ▁of ▁a ▁s oph istic ated , ▁imported ▁culture , ▁My c ena e an ▁in ▁origin . ▁The ▁sett lers ▁created ▁a ▁grid - like ▁town ▁with ▁streets ▁up ▁to ▁four ▁metres ▁wide , ▁sp a cious ▁houses ▁built ▁round ▁cour ty ards , ▁and ▁tomb s ▁full ▁of ▁Late ▁Hell adic ▁war es ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁lands , ▁suggesting ▁ ▁' a ▁ver itable ▁foreign ▁col ony ▁on ▁the ▁site '. ▁ ▁Indeed , ▁the ▁closest ▁anal ogy ▁to ▁the ▁layout ▁of ▁the ▁houses ▁in ▁Th aps os ▁is ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁other ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁world , ▁on ▁Cy pr us , ▁at ▁En kom i ▁near ▁Fam ag usta . ▁It ▁is ▁almost ▁as ▁if ▁a ▁blue print ▁for ▁a ▁trad ing ▁col ony ▁had ▁been ▁created ▁and ▁then ▁transformed ▁into ▁reality ▁at ▁both ▁ends ▁of ▁the ▁My c ena e an ▁world . ▁Th aps os ▁has ▁yield ed ▁very ▁many ▁small ▁perf ume ▁containers ▁of ▁My c ena e an ▁origin . ▁For ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁centre ▁of ▁industry , ▁special izing ▁in ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁perf umed ▁o ils ▁for ▁an ▁' intern ational ' ▁market . ▁But ▁Th aps os ▁was ▁not ▁simply ▁an ▁off sh oot ▁of ▁My c ena e . ▁It ▁produced ▁plenty ▁of ▁co arse ▁grey ▁pot tery ▁in ▁Sic ilian ▁styles , ▁indicating ▁that ▁Th aps os ▁contained ▁a ▁mixed ▁population . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁Th aps os