A facial reconstruction of an ancient Mycenaean Greek gives us a glimpse into the people behind Bronze Age Greece 🧬🗿 The Mycenaeans lived around 1600–1200 BCE and were the first advanced Greek civilization — builders of palaces, warriors, traders, and the ancestors behind later Greek culture. This face represents the population that shaped early Greek identity long before Classical Athens or Sparta 🏺⚔️ Genetically, Mycenaeans were a mix of Aegean Neolithic farmers and steppe-related ancestry,