THE AEGEAN c – 1100 bce Cycladic Minoan Mycenaean
Cycladic Figures c bce
2700 bce 12”
Minoan c bce
Kamares Ware & Other ceramics c bce 11” (L)
Bull Rhytons, steatite, 1500 bce 12”
The Minotaur Theseus & Ariadne c bce (c.500 bce – 1 st century bce)
Snake Goddesses c bce 12” clay & faience
Snake Goddess c bce 12” clay & faience
Palace at Knossos c bce (final destruction) (labyrinth)
Ariel View of Ruins, Palace at Knossos
Sir Arthur Evans
Reconstructed Columns, Knossos
Bull leaping fresco, restored c bce Knossos
Labrys - double axe
“Throne Room” Knossos c bce
Queen’s “Megaron” Knossos c bce
Thera, (Santorinin) 1650 bce Discovered 1960’s
Thera, Girl gathering saffron, c bce
Spring Fresco, Thera c bce
Gold Flower from Mochlos
Gold Bee Pendant, c bce, 2”
Minoan or Mycenean? Vaphio Cups, gold repoussé, 4”, c bce
The Mycenaeans c BCE
Heinrich & Sophie Schliemann TROY
9 Levels of Troy – Level 6 the Troy of Homeric Legend c BCE
Mycenaean Warriors & Arms
Mycenaean Sword Hilt Mycenaean Sword Hilt c bronze inlaid w/ gold, silver & niello
Ariel View Mycenae BCE
Mycenae
Mycenae BCE c.13th
Lion Gate, Mycenae c. 13th bce
Reconstruction of Mycenae
Cyclopean Walls Mycenae
Grave Circle, Mycenae
Gold repoussé masks shaft grave, 12” c bce
Treasury of Atreus? Bee hive Tomb or Tholos w/ corbel vaulting c. 13th bce
Treasury of Atreus? Bee hive Tomb Or Tholos w/ corbel vaulting c. 13th bce
Treasury of Atreus? Bee hive Tomb or Tholos w/ corbel vaulting c. 13th bce
corbel vaulting
Nestor’s Palace Warrior Vase, clay, 16” c.1100 bce
Dorians c bce -- Myceneans