Mycenaean Fortifications

The Megaron at Pylos is the best preservative of all Mycenaean sites. The Lions Gate, so called due to the famous 9-1-1-2 foot relief of two lions in profile, flanking a Minoan column,. It compares to the gates of the Hittite capital of Hatusa. Their heads are missing, but he didn't mention if their heads were there at that time or not. Sphinx had the body of a lion and a head of a human. A kind of chimney was built into the roof above the hearth, to allow smoke to escape.