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