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Model of Mycenae. Grave Circle A is located to the right after the main entrance. During the end of the 3rd millennium BC (c. 2200 BC), the indigenous inhabitants of mainland Greece underwent a cultural transformation attributed to climate change, local events and developments (i.e. destruction of the "House of the Tiles"), as well as to continuous contacts with various areas such as western ...
Grave stelai from Grave Circle A, Mycenae. There were a number of grave stelai or stelae found among the six shaft graves at Grave Circle A in the site of Mycenae. These stelai mark the burial sites of the Mycenaean dead, much like modern headstones. At least 21 stelai have been discovered from Grave Circle A, with 12 having identifiable relief ...
Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC. [1] It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainland Greece with its palatial states, urban organization, works of art, and writing system.
The Grave Stele of Hegeso, most likely sculpted by Callimachus, is renowned as one of the finest Attic grave stelae surviving (mostly intact) today. Dated from c. 410 – c. 400 BCE, [1] it is made entirely of Pentelic marble. It stands 1.49m high and 0.92m wide, in the form of a naiskos, with pilasters and a pediment featuring palmette acroteria.
Linda Schele in 1994. Linda Schele (October 30, 1942 – April 18, 1998) was an American Mesoamerican archaeologist who was an expert in the field of Maya epigraphy and iconography. She played a central role in the decoding of much of the Maya script.
The Mycenaeans adopted probably from the east a priest-king system and the belief of a ruling deity in the hands of a theocratic society. At the end of the second millennium BC, when the Mycenaean palaces collapsed, it seems that Greek thought was gradually released from the idea that each man was a servant to the gods, and sought a "moral ...
Reference no. 941. The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon[1] is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. [2] It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to have been constructed in the Aegean Bronze Age, and one of the last to have been built in the Argolid.
Mycenaean pottery. Mycenae. Linear B Mukānai. A Mycenaean stirrup jar, hallmark of the olive oil trade in the Late Bronze Age. Furumark shape 46, type 171, Late Helladic IIIA or B, dated 1400 to 1200 BC. Material. Terracotta. Discovered. Greek mainland and small islands close to it, from the Peloponnesus in the south to Macedonia in the north.