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The Aegean 3000-1100bce
Cycladic c. 3000-11th century bceCycladic idol
Minoan c. 3000-1100 bceKnossosSir Arthur EvansLabyrinth, MinotaurFaienceKalamares wareThera
Mycenean c. 1600-1100 bceMegaronTroyHeinrich SchliemannMycenaeHelladic – Hellas, HellensAgamemnonHomerCyclopeanGrave circleBee hive tombCorbel vaultsrepoussé
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THE AEGEANc. 3000 – 1100 bce
CycladicMinoan
Mycenaean
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Cycladic Figures c. 2700-2300 bce
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Minoan c. 1600-1400 bce
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Kamares Ware & Other ceramics c. 2000 + bce 11” (L)
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Bull Rhytons, steatite, 1500 bce 12”
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The MinotaurTheseus & Ariadnec. 1600-1300 bce
(c.500 bce – 1st century bce)
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Snake Goddesses c. 1600 bce 12” clay & faience
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Snake Goddess c. 1600 bce 12” clay & faience
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Palace at Knossos c. 2000-1375 bce (final destruction) (labyrinth)
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Ariel View of Ruins, Palace at Knossos
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Reconstructed Columns, Knossos
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PithoiStorage containers
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Copper pipes for indoor plumbing
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Bull leaping fresco, restored c. 1500 bce Knossos
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Labrys - double axe
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“Throne Room” Knossos c. 1500 bce
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Queen’s “Megaron” Knossos c. 1500 bce
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Thera, (Santorinin) 1650 bceDiscovered 1960’s
Note line on ibex
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Thera, Girl gathering saffron,
c. 1500 bce
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Spring Fresco, Thera c. 1600 bce
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Gold Flower from Mochlos
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Gold Bee Pendant, c. 1700 bce, 2”
Granulation technique
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Minoan or Mycenean?Vaphio Cups, gold repoussé, 4”, c. 1600 bce
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The Mycenaeans c. 1600- 1000 BCE
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Heinrich & Sophie Schliemann
TROY
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9 Levels of Troy – Level 6 the Troy of Homeric Legend c. 1300 BCE
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Mycenaean Warriors & Arms
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Mycenaean Sword Hilt
Mycenaean Sword Hilt c. 1500 bronze inlaid w/ gold, silver & niello
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Ariel View Mycenae 1600-1200 BCE
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Mycenae 1600-1200 BCEc.13th
Cyclopean stonework
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Lion Gate, Mycenae c. 13th bce
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Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb or Tholos
w/ corbel vaultingc. 13th bce
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Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb
Or Tholos w/ corbel vaulting
c. 13th bce
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Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb or Tholos
w/ corbel vaultingc. 13th bce
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Reconstruction of Mycenae Goddess with Snakes from “chapel”
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Cyclopean Walls Mycenae
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Grave Circle, Mycenae
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Gold repoussé masksshaft grave, 12” c. 1500 bce
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Warrior Vase, clay, 16” c.1100 bce
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Dorians c. 1100 bce -- Myceneans