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GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS MYCENAE MUSEUM

2024-12-02

In 2004, a modern museum was opened on the West side of the acropolis which displays finds of the more recent excavations at different sites in and around Mycenae. The exhibits are accompanied by detailled information and illustrate the continuing archaeological work in Mycenae.

Middle Helladic pottery

Above: A minyan dish from a grave below the South House (left) and a jar (right), both dated to the Middle Helladic III period (1700-1600 BC).

grave steles

Above: Grave steles from Grave Circle B in Mycenae: Middle Helladic III (1700-1600 BC) (left), and Late Helladic I period (1600-1500 BC) (right).

krater and askos bridge-spouted jug

Above left: (2) Bridge-spouted krater, LH I (1600-1500 BC); (3) Askos, LH I (1600-1500 BC). - Above right: Fragment of bridge-spouted jug, LH II A (1500-1450 BC).

Mycenaean figurines

Mycenaean figurines (females, animals, bed, table), LH III A2 (1350-1300 BC).

gold jewellery

Abopve and below: Gold jewellery (replica?) from Grave Circle A.

gold jewellery
gold jewellery

Above: Gold diadem, LH I (1600-1500 BC), from Grave Circle B. - Below: Funerary goldmask of "Agamemnon" (replica), excavated by Heinrich Schliemann in Grave Circle A, around 1600 - 1500 BC.

funerary goldmask