GIRL GATHERING SAFFRON CROCUS FLOWERS Detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. Before 1630 BCE. Thera Foundation, Petros.

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GIRL GATHERING SAFFRON CROCUS FLOWERS Detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. Before 1630 BCE. Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece. [Fig. 04-01] GIRL GATHERING SAFFRON CROCUS FLOWERS Detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. Before 1630 BCE. Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece. [Fig. 04-01]

FIGURE OF A WOMAN WITH A DRAWING SHOWING EVIDENCE OF ORIGINAL PAINTING AND OUTLINING DESIGN SCHEME Cyclades. c. 2600-2400 BCE. Marble, height 24-3/4" (62.8 cm). Figure: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Christos G. Bastis (68.148). Drawing: Elizabeth Hendrix. [Fig. 04-02a] FIGURE OF A WOMAN WITH A DRAWING SHOWING EVIDENCE OF ORIGINAL PAINTING AND OUTLINING DESIGN SCHEME Cyclades. c. 2600-2400 BCE. Marble, height 24-3/4" (62.8 cm). Figure: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Christos G. Bastis (68.148). Drawing: Elizabeth Hendrix. [Fig. 04-02a]

FIGURE OF A WOMAN WITH A DRAWING SHOWING EVIDENCE OF ORIGINAL PAINTING AND OUTLINING DESIGN SCHEME Cyclades. c. 2600-2400 BCE. Marble, height 24-3/4" (62.8 cm). Figure: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Christos G. Bastis (68.148). Drawing: Elizabeth Hendrix. [Fig. 04-02b] FIGURE OF A WOMAN WITH A DRAWING SHOWING EVIDENCE OF ORIGINAL PAINTING AND OUTLINING DESIGN SCHEME Cyclades. c. 2600-2400 BCE. Marble, height 24-3/4" (62.8 cm). Figure: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Christos G. Bastis (68.148). Drawing: Elizabeth Hendrix. [Fig. 04-02b]

THE ANCIENT AEGEAN WORLD [Map 04-01]

HEAD WITH REMAINS OF PAINTED DECORATION Cyclades. c. 2500-2200 BCE HEAD WITH REMAINS OF PAINTED DECORATION Cyclades. c. 2500-2200 BCE. Marble and red pigment, height 9-11/16" (24.6 cm). National Museum, Copenhagen. (4697) [Fig. 04-03] HEAD WITH REMAINS OF PAINTED DECORATION Cyclades. c. 2500-2200 BCE. Marble and red pigment, height 9-11/16" (24.6 cm). National Museum, Copenhagen. (4697) [Fig. 04-03]

KAMARES WARE JUG From Phaistos, Crete. Old Palace period, c KAMARES WARE JUG From Phaistos, Crete. Old Palace period, c. 2000-1900 BCE. Ceramic, height 10-5/8" (27 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-04] KAMARES WARE JUG From Phaistos, Crete. Old Palace period, c. 2000-1900 BCE. Ceramic, height 10-5/8" (27 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-04]

RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE "PALACE" COMPLEX, KNOSSOS, CRETE As it would have appeared during the New Palace period. Site occupied since the Neolithic period; the Minoan complex of the Old Palace period (c. 1900-1700 BCE) was rebuilt during New Palace period (c. 1700-1450 BCE) after earthquakes and fires; final destruction c. 1375 BCE. [Fig. 04-05] RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE "PALACE" COMPLEX, KNOSSOS, CRETE As it would have appeared during the New Palace period. Site occupied since the Neolithic period; the Minoan complex of the Old Palace period (c. 1900-1700 BCE) was rebuilt during New Palace period (c. 1700-1450 BCE) after earthquakes and fires; final destruction c. 1375 BCE. [Fig. 04-05]

EAST WING STAIRWELL "Palace" complex, Knossos, Crete EAST WING STAIRWELL "Palace" complex, Knossos, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1700-1450 BCE. [Fig. 04-06] EAST WING STAIRWELL "Palace" complex, Knossos, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1700-1450 BCE. [Fig. 04-06]

BULL LEAPING Wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period, c. 1450-1375 BCE. Height approx. 24-1/2" (62.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-07] BULL LEAPING Wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period, c. 1450-1375 BCE. Height approx. 24-1/2" (62.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-07]

STATUETTE OF A MALE FIGURE From Palaikastro, Crete. c. 1500-1475 BCE STATUETTE OF A MALE FIGURE From Palaikastro, Crete. c. 1500-1475 BCE. Ivory, gold, serpentine, rock crystal, and wood, height 19-1/2" (50 cm). Archaeological Museum, Siteia, Crete. [Fig. 04-08] STATUETTE OF A MALE FIGURE From Palaikastro, Crete. c. 1500-1475 BCE. Ivory, gold, serpentine, rock crystal, and wood, height 19-1/2" (50 cm). Archaeological Museum, Siteia, Crete. [Fig. 04-08]

TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1650-1450 BCE. Steatite, greatest diameter 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-09a] TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1650-1450 BCE. Steatite, greatest diameter 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-09a]

TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1650-1450 BCE. Steatite, greatest diameter 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-09b] TWO VIEWS OF THE HARVESTER RHYTON From Hagia Triada, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1650-1450 BCE. Steatite, greatest diameter 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-09b]

BULL'S-HEAD RHYTON From Knossos, Crete. New Palace period, c BULL'S-HEAD RHYTON From Knossos, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1550-1450 BCE. Serpentine with shell, rock crystal, and red jasper; the gilt-wood horns are restorations, height 12" (30.5 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-10] BULL'S-HEAD RHYTON From Knossos, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1550-1450 BCE. Serpentine with shell, rock crystal, and red jasper; the gilt-wood horns are restorations, height 12" (30.5 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-10]

OCTOPUS FLASK From Palaikastro, Crete. New Palace period, c OCTOPUS FLASK From Palaikastro, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1500-1450 BCE. Marine-style ceramic, height 11" (28 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-11] OCTOPUS FLASK From Palaikastro, Crete. New Palace period, c. 1500-1450 BCE. Marine-style ceramic, height 11" (28 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-11]

PENDANT OF GOLD BEES From Chryssolakkos, near Mallia, Crete PENDANT OF GOLD BEES From Chryssolakkos, near Mallia, Crete. Old Palace period, c. 1700-1550 BCE. Gold, height approx. 1-13/16" (4.6 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-12] PENDANT OF GOLD BEES From Chryssolakkos, near Mallia, Crete. Old Palace period, c. 1700-1550 BCE. Gold, height approx. 1-13/16" (4.6 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete. [Fig. 04-12]

VAPHEIO CUP One of two cups found near Sparta, Greece. c. 1650-1450 BCE. Gold, height 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-13] VAPHEIO CUP One of two cups found near Sparta, Greece. c. 1650-1450 BCE. Gold, height 4-1/2" (11.3 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-13]

LANDSCAPE ("SPRING FRESCO") Wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. Before 1630 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-14] LANDSCAPE ("SPRING FRESCO") Wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades. Before 1630 BCE. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-14]

A CLOSER LOOK: The "Flotilla Fresco" from Akrotiri Detail of the left part of a mural from Room 5 of West House, Akrotiri, Thera. New Palace period, c. 1650 BCE. Height 14 5/16" (44 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. A CLOSER LOOK: The "Flotilla Fresco" from Akrotiri Detail of the left part of a mural from Room 5 of West House, Akrotiri, Thera. New Palace period, c. 1650 BCE. Height 14 5/16" (44 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

CITADEL AT MYCENAE Peloponnese, Greece. Aerial view. Site occupied c CITADEL AT MYCENAE Peloponnese, Greece. Aerial view. Site occupied c. 1600-1200 BCE; walls built c. 1340, 1250, 1200 BCE, creating a progressively larger enclosure. [Fig. 04-15] CITADEL AT MYCENAE Peloponnese, Greece. Aerial view. Site occupied c. 1600-1200 BCE; walls built c. 1340, 1250, 1200 BCE, creating a progressively larger enclosure. [Fig. 04-15]

RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE CITADEL AT MYCENAE AT ITS MOST DEVELOPED STATE [Fig. 04-16]

LION GATE, MYCENAE c. 1250 BCE. Historic photo showing Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann. [Fig. 04-17]

PLAN OF THE MEGARON of the PYLOS PALACE c. 1300-1200 BCE. [Fig. 04-18]

RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE MEGARON (GREAT ROOM) OF THE PYLOS PALACE c. 1300-1200 BCE. Watercolor by Piet de Jong. [Fig. 04-19] RECONSTRUCTION DRAWING OF THE MEGARON (GREAT ROOM) OF THE PYLOS PALACE c. 1300-1200 BCE. Watercolor by Piet de Jong. [Fig. 04-19]

MASK OF AGAMEMNON Funerary mask, from Shaft Grave v, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1600-1550 BCE. Gold, height approx. 12" (35 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-20] MASK OF AGAMEMNON Funerary mask, from Shaft Grave v, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1600-1550 BCE. Gold, height approx. 12" (35 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-20]

DAGGER BLADE WITH LION HUNT From Shaft Grave iv, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1550-1500 BCE. Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and niello, length 9-3/8" (23.8 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-21] DAGGER BLADE WITH LION HUNT From Shaft Grave iv, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece. c. 1550-1500 BCE. Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and niello, length 9-3/8" (23.8 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-21]

CUTAWAY DRAWING OF THOLOS, THE SO-CALLED TREASURY OF ATREUS [Fig

EXTERIOR VIEW OF THOLOS, THE SO-CALLED TREASURY OF ATREUS Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1200 BCE. [Fig. 04-23] EXTERIOR VIEW OF THOLOS, THE SO-CALLED TREASURY OF ATREUS Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1200 BCE. [Fig. 04-23]

CORBEL VAULT, INTERIOR OF THOLOS, THE SO-CALLED TREASURY OF ATREUS Limestone vault, height approx. 43' (13 m), diameter 47'6" (14.48 m). [Fig. 04-24] CORBEL VAULT, INTERIOR OF THOLOS, THE SO-CALLED TREASURY OF ATREUS Limestone vault, height approx. 43' (13 m), diameter 47'6" (14.48 m). [Fig. 04-24]

WARRIOR KRATER From Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1100 BCE WARRIOR KRATER From Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1100 BCE. Ceramic, height 16" (41 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-25] WARRIOR KRATER From Mycenae, Greece. c. 1300-1100 BCE. Ceramic, height 16" (41 cm). National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [Fig. 04-25]