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Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, approx. 1’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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Male lyre player, from Keros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2700–2500 BCE. Marble, approx. 9” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens |
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Aerial view (looking southwest) of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE. |
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Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE. |
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Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE. |
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Grand Staircase of the E Wing, lower level (1994) |
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Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450–1400 BCE. Fragment of a fresco, approx. 10” high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Bull-leaping, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450–1400 BCE. Fresco, approx. 2’ 8” high, including border. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, approx. 1’ 5” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens |
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Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, approx. 7’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens |
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Kamares Ware jar, from Phaistos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1800–1700 BCE. Approx. 1’ 8” high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Marine Style octopus jar, from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Approx. 11” high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Sarcophagus, from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450–1400 BCE. Painted limestone, approx. 4’ 6” long. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion |
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Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Steatite, greatest diameter approx. 5”. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1600 BCE. Faience, approx. 1’ 1 1/2” high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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Young god (?), from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500–1475 BCE. Ivory, gold, serpentine, and rock crystal, original height approx. 1’ 7 1/2”. Archaeological Museum, Siteia |
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Aerial view of the citadel at Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE. |
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orbeled gallery in the walls of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE. |
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Three methods of spanning a passageway: (a) post and lintel, (b) corbeled arch, (c) arch. |
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Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE. |
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Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel approx. 9’ 6” high. |
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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. |
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Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Approx. 43’ |
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Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, approx. 1’ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Bronze, inlaid with gold, silver, and niello, approx. 9” long. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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Female head, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Painted plaster, approx. 6 1/2” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE. Approx. 1’ 4” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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