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Referenced as 'a wonderful book on this whole process by a scholar called Cathy Gere about kind of the way that Mycenae has been understood.' The hosts discuss how she examines changing interpretations of Mycenaean archaeology and quotes her citing another scholar about cyclopean walls and earthquakes.

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Described as 'by far the most readable and enjoyable study of how Helen herself might have been rooted in memories of how women in the Bronze Age, Bronze Age queens might have lived.' The host references it as having been mentioned in a previous episode and quotes from it extensively regarding Bronze Age evidence for queens, cosmetics, and the portrayal of aristocratic women.