Mycenaean Collection

Thebes Museum, Thivai, Greece, 2003. Creator: Ethel Davies
Stone bird figures, possibly ancient Mycenean from around 1500BC, The Archaeological Museum of Thebes, depicting the history of Thebes from Neolitihic to Ottaman Times, Thiva, Greece, 2003

Thebes Museum, Thivai, Greece, 2003. Creator: Ethel Davies
Ancient Mycenean pots from around 1500BC, The Archaeological Museum of Thebes, depicting the history of Thebes from Neolitihic to Ottaman Times, Thiva, Greece, 2003

Thebes Museum, Thivai, Greece, 2003. Creator: Ethel Davies
Amphora of dancing figures and a sphinx, The Archaeological Museum of Thebes, depicting the history of Thebes from Neolitihic to Ottaman Times, Thiva, Greece, 2003

Painted floor in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Painted floor in the palace at Mycenae, Greece, (1928). 14th or 13th Century B.C...After a reconstruction in water-colours by Miss W

Mycenaean Zeus Crater, 14th Century BC. Found in Cyprus. Shows a Mycenean chariot. At Archaeological Museum, Nicosia, Cyprus

The Secret Stairway to the postern gate of Tiryns, 15th century BC
The Secret Stairway to the postern gate of the Mycenean citadel Tiryns, 15th century BC

Stela of Menalaus and Helen (of Troy), Archaic Greek, c8th century BC-c5th century BC. In Greek mythology, Menelaus was a legendary king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen

Textile patterns and fresco fragments from Crete, Greece, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Textile patterns and fresco fragments from Crete, Greece, (1928). 1700-1400 B.C...Two textile patterns from the Procession Fresco at Cnossos [Knossos], about 1550-1400 B.C

Gate of the Lions at Mycenae, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Gate of the Lions at Mycenae, 1890. Lion Gate, main entrance to the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece, built c1250 BC. From " Cassells Illustrated Universal History, Vol

The Site of Dodona, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Site of Dodona, 1890. Dodona in Epirus, northwestern Greece, remote Hellenic oracle and religious sanctuary, the earliest inscriptions date to c550-500 BC

Map of Northern & Central Greece, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Map of Northern & Central Greece, 1890. Thessaly, traditional region of Ancient Greece during the Mycenaean period, the Persians invaded Thessaly in 480 BC

Ruins of Thebes, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Ruins of Thebes, 1890. Thebes, largest city of ancient region of Boeotia dated to Mycenaean times (1600-1100 BC), allied with Persians during the 480 BC invasion under Xerxes

Clytemnestra, c1927. Artist: Vera Willoughby
Clytemnestra, c1927. In ancient Greek legend Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon, ruler of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae or Argos

Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), German archaeologist, 1893
Heinrich Schliemann, (1822-1890), German businessman and a pioneer of field archaeology, 1893. Schliemann was an archaeological excavator of Hissarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy

Early Cretan libation vessel, found at Knossos, 1933-1934. Discovered by Sir Arthur Evans. The bulls head is made of soapstone, inlaid with rock crystal and shell

Amongst the ruins of Tirynth, Greece, 1937. Artist: Martin Hurlimann
Amongst the ruins of Tirynth, Greece, 1937. Illustration from Das Mittelmeer: Landschaft, Baukunst und Volksleben im Kreise des Mittellandischen Meeres, a work on Mediterranean architecture

Greek antiquities of the Mycenean and Homeric ages, (1902). Illustration from The Worlds History, The Mediterranean Nations, by Dr H F Helmolt, Volume IV, published by William Heinemann, (London)

Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German Homeric Archeologist, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Dr Heinrich Schliemann, German Homeric Archeologist, 1877. Schliemann excavated the sites of the ancient cities of Mycenae and Troy

Mycenae Interior of Treasury of Atreus, Greece, c1600BC-c1200BC.Tholos Tomb showing cerbillius construction. The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos tomb on the Panagitsa Hill

Terracotta Idols from House of the Idols, Citadel of Mycenae, Greece, 13th century BC. one of the idols is holding a sword. Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mikines in Greece

Grave-slab from Mycenae, Greece, 16h Century BC. From Shaft-Grave V, Chariot and spirals, held at National Museum Aireus

Bronze Mycenaean Armour from Dedra, Greece, c16th century BC-c12th century BC. Bronze Cuiras

Trilithon at Stonehenge, 25th century BC
Trilithon at Stonehenge, bearing the Mycenean dagger and axemarks, on the left-hand upright side, 25th century BC

Rillaton Barrow, 24th century BC
Rillaton Barrow, site of discoveries that seem to indicate trading with the Mycenean world, 24th century BC

Detail of a Mycenaean fresco showing a wild boar hunt

Mycenaean Warrior Vase, 12th century
Mycenaean Warrior Vase, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 12th century

Detail of inlay on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt, 16th century
Detail of inlay in gold, niello and electrum, on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt. It was discovered in shaft grave IV at Mycenae, by Schliemann in 1876

Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, 13th century BC
Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, in the gable-roofed galleries, used as a storage chamber, 13th century BC

Interior of the Mycenaean Treasury of Atreus, a Tholos Tomb

Detail of a Mycenaean pot, 13th century BC
Detail of a Mycenaean pot found in Cyprus, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Mycenaean terracotta bull, from the National Museums collection in Athens

Painted Mycenaean plaster head, possibly of a Sphinx
Painted 16.8cm high plaster head, possibly of a Sphinx, from Mycenae. Now in the National Museum in Athens

Mycenaean mother-goddess
Terracotta Mycenaean mother-goddess

Mycenaean gold signet ring picturing a fertility rite, 13th century BC
Mycenaean gold signet ring from Tiryns, picturing a fertility rite. A lion headed genii hold libations in front of a goddess who holds a stemmed chalice

Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger found in a tholos tomb, 16th century
Detail of Mycenaean bronze dagger, inlaid with gold, silver and niello, showing natuli. It was found in a tholos tomb in Pylos, and is now in the National Museum in Athens, 16th century

Mycenaean amphora with an octopus, 15th century
Mycenaean amphora with an octopus, in palace style, from Prosymna. Now in the National Museum in Athens, 15th century

Mycenaean amphora with plant forms, 15th century
Mycenaean amphora with plant forms, in Palace Style, from Pylos. In the National Museum in Athens, 15th century

The Rillaton Gold Cup, Early Bronze Age, 1700-1500BC, from Rillaton, Cornwall, England. Rillaton barrow was excavated in 1837 and found to contain an inhumation beneath the 25m wide barrow

Set of Mycenaean armour with cuirrass and helm, c. 16th century BC
Set of Mycenaean armour from Dendera, composed of a bronze cuirass and boars tusk helm, c16th century BC

Gold discs from Mycenae, 17th century BC
Gold discs from the womens grave in the Upper Grave Circle in Mycenae, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 17th century BC

The lion gate at Mycenae, 13th century BC

Mycenaen amphora with octopus design, 16th century BC
Mycenaen amphora with octopus design in palace style. From Prosymna in Greece, and in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 16th century BC

Detail of the Greek Warrior Vase, 13th century BC
Detail of the Warrior Vase, discovered in Mycenae. At the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 13th century BC

Gold death mask of Agamemmon, 17th century BC
Gold death mask of Agamemmon from Myceneae, discovered by Schliemann. In the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 17th century BC

Gold death mask of a Mycenaean king, 17th century BC
Gold death mask of a Mycenaean king from a shaft-grave at Myceneae, in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, 17th century BC

Fresco of a hunting scene (partially restored) from Tirins, Greece, Homeric period, c1000-c700 BC
Fresco of a hunting scene (partially restored) from Tirins (Tiryns), Greece, Homeric period, c1000-c700 BC

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, c1250 BC. Mycenae was a prehistoric Greek city discovered by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) in the 1870s

Heinrich Schliemanns excavations at Myceneae, 1877. An artist sketching in front of the Lion gateway at Myceneae 1877. The city of Mycenae in the Peloponnese was reputed to be the capital of

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