Aegean Art 2

Citadel, Mycenae, Greece, aerial view. Site occupied c. 1600 - 1200 BCE; walls built c. 1340, 1250, 1200 BCE. Grave circle Warrior Vase House Great Ramp megaron House of columns Lion Gate Lion Gate, Mycenae. c. 1250 BCE. Limestone relief, height of sculpture approx. 9'6" (2.9 m). Front porch Vestibule Throne room Circular hearth Sculpture Two Women with a Child,, found in the palace at Mycenae, Greece. c. 1400 - 1200 BCE. Ivory, height 2 3/4" (7.5 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Shaft Grave Mask of Agamemnon, funerary mask from the royal tombs, Grave Circle A, at Mycenae, Greece. c. 1600 - 1550 BCE. Gold, height approx. 12" (35 cm.). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Dagger blade, from Shaft Grave IV, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1600 - 1550 BCE. Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and copper, length 9 3/8" (23.8 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Tholos, the so-called Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300 - 1200 BCE. Warrior Vase from Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300–1100 BCE. Ceramic, height 16" (41 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhN0hPAi3tM