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GREECE ATTICA ATHENS NAMA PREHISTORIC

2024-12-27
grave steles from Mycenae grave steles from Mycenae

Above: Grave steles from Mycenae, found over the shaft graves of "Grave Circle A", excavated by Heinrich Schliemann. The reliefs on the shelly sandstone steles show hunting or fighting scenes with chariots and are dated to the second half of the 16th century BC. - Below: Golden grave goods from "Grave Circle A" at Mycenae. They accompanied the 16th century BC burial of a royal family (8 men, 9 women, and two children). The golden funeral diadem adorning the head of a Mycenaean princess is on the left photograph, the photograph on the right includes the gold sheets that covered the two buried children. - Emily Vermeule: "Speaking honestly, there is nothing in the Middle Helladic world to prepare us for the furious splendor of the Shaft Graves."
golden grave goods from Mycenae golden grave goods from Mycenae
Mycenaean figurines warrior vase
Above left: Mycenaean figurines of the 13th century BC with a "Kourotrophos" (female deity carrying a child) on the right. - Above right: The "warrior vase" from Mycenae (13th century BC), a ceramic crater used for wine.
bronze dagger blade inlaid in gold
Mycenaean plaster head

Above and below: Bronze dagger blades, inlaid in gold, depicting hunting scenes and lions. From Mycenae, dated to the second half of the 16th century BC.

bronze dagger blade inlaid in gold

Left: 13th century BC plaster head, possibly of a goddess, with painted features; from Mycenae.