Acropolis. No part of mainland Greece is more than 35 miles from the sea.

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Acropolis

No part of mainland Greece is more than 35 miles from the sea.

In 1900 A.D., Sir Arthur Evans discovered the massive palace complex at Knossos on Crete.

Knossos

Palace of King Minos Sacred Place of the Double Axes

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos from the Air

Knossos

Knossos (c BC)

Knossos

Bull Jumping (c BC)

Palace of King Minos--megaron of the queen with dolphin frieze

Palace of king Minos Throne Hall with throne to the right

Minotaur

Snake Goddess (c BC)

Harvester Vase (c BC)

In the 1870s A.D. great interest in early Greek history was stimulated by the spectacular finds of amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann at the sites of ancient Troy and Mycenae. Troy Mycenae

Tomb of Clytemnestra -- Mycenae

Grave Circle A (burial site of Agamemnon) -- Mycenae

Grave Circle A -- Mycenae

tholos of the Treasury of Atreus -- Mycenae

Acropolis of Mycenae

House outside citadel -- Mycenae

Megaron -- Mycenae

Corbelled vault to intramural cistern -- Mycenae

Mycenean dagger Mycenean Liongate Tiryns Interior galley Boar's tusk helmet Tiryns’ Walls

Treasury of Artreus ( BC)

Funerary Mask (c BC)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae (1250 BC)

Protogeometric pottery