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| Figurine of a woman, from Syros, Cyclades, ca. 2500-2300 B.C. MARBLE, APPROX. 1' 6" HIGH. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS |
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| Male lyre player, from Keros, Cyclades, ca. 2700-2500 B.C. MARBLE, APPROX. 9" HIGH. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS. |
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| Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1400 B.C. |
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Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1400 B.C. | [image] | | Image courtesy of Saskia, Ltd. |
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| Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1400 B.C |
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| Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1450-1400 B.C. Fragment of a fresco, approx. 10" high. Archeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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| Bull-leaping (Toreador Fresco), from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1450-1400 B.C. Approx. 2' 8" high, including border. ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION |
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| Young fisherman with his catch, detail of a fresco in Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, ca. 1650 B.C. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS. |
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| Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, ca. 1650 B.C. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS |
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| Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, ca. 1650 B.C. APPROX. 7' 6" HIGH. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS |
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| Kamares Ware jar, from Phaistos, ca. 1800-1700 B.C. |
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| Marine-style octopus jar, from Palaikastro, ca. 1500 B.C. |
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| Sarcophagus, from Hagia Triada, Crete, ca. 1450-1400 B.C. PAINTED LIMESTONE, APPROX. 4' 6" LONG. ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION |
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| Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete, ca. 1500 B.C. STEATITE, GREATEST DIAMETER APPROX. 5". ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION. |
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| Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete, ca. 1500 B.C. STEATITE, GREATEST DIAMETER APPROX. 5". ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION. |
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| Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1600 B.C. FAIENCE, APPROX. 1' 1 1/2" HIGH. ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION |
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| Aerial view of the citadel at Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400-1200 B.C |
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| Corbeled gallery in the walls of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400-1200 B.C. |
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| Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400-1200 |
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| Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C. LIMESTONE, RELIEF PANEL APPROX. 9' 6" HIGH |
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| Cutaway view of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C. |
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| Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C. Seen from below. Approx. 43' high. |
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| Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 B.C. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS. |
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| Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 B.C. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS. |
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| Head of a sphinx (?), from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C. PAINTED PLASTER, APPROX. 6 1/2" HIGH. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS |
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| Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 B.C. APPROX. 1' 4" HIGH. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS. |
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