Acropolis

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

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Palace of King Minos Sacred Place of the Double Axes 

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Knossos from the Air

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Knossos (c. 1500 BC)

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Bull Jumping (c. 1500 BC)

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

Palace of king Minos  Palace of king Minos  Throne Hall with throne to the right Throne Hall with throne to the right

Minotaur

Snake Goddess (c. 1600 BC)

Harvester Vase (c. 1550-1500 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

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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

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Boar's tusk helmet Boar's tusk helmet

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Treasury of Artreus (1300-1250 BC)

Funerary Mask (c. 1559-1500 BC)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae (1250 BC)

Protogeometric pottery