The Aegean 3000-1100bce

Cycladic c. 3000-11th century bceCycladic idol

Minoan c. 3000-1100 bceKnossosSir Arthur EvansLabyrinth, MinotaurFaienceKalamares wareThera

Mycenean c. 1600-1100 bceMegaronTroyHeinrich SchliemannMycenaeHelladic – Hellas, HellensAgamemnonHomerCyclopeanGrave circleBee hive tombCorbel vaultsrepoussé

THE AEGEANc. 3000 – 1100 bce

CycladicMinoan

Mycenaean

Cycladic Figures c. 2700-2300 bce

2700 bce 12”

Minoan c. 1600-1400 bce

Kamares Ware & Other ceramics c. 2000 + bce 11” (L)

Bull Rhytons, steatite, 1500 bce 12”

The MinotaurTheseus & Ariadnec. 1600-1300 bce

(c.500 bce – 1st century bce)

Snake Goddesses c. 1600 bce 12” clay & faience

Snake Goddess c. 1600 bce 12” clay & faience

Palace at Knossos c. 2000-1375 bce (final destruction) (labyrinth)

Ariel View of Ruins, Palace at Knossos

Sir Arthur Evans

Reconstructed Columns, Knossos

PithoiStorage containers

Copper pipes for indoor plumbing

Bull leaping fresco, restored c. 1500 bce Knossos

Labrys - double axe

“Throne Room” Knossos c. 1500 bce

Queen’s “Megaron” Knossos c. 1500 bce

Thera, (Santorinin) 1650 bceDiscovered 1960’s

Note line on ibex

Thera, Girl gathering saffron,

c. 1500 bce

Spring Fresco, Thera c. 1600 bce

Gold Flower from Mochlos

Gold Bee Pendant, c. 1700 bce, 2”

Granulation technique

Minoan or Mycenean?Vaphio Cups, gold repoussé, 4”, c. 1600 bce

The Mycenaeans c. 1600- 1000 BCE

Heinrich & Sophie Schliemann

TROY

9 Levels of Troy – Level 6 the Troy of Homeric Legend c. 1300 BCE

Mycenaean Warriors & Arms

Mycenaean Sword Hilt

Mycenaean Sword Hilt c. 1500 bronze inlaid w/ gold, silver & niello

Ariel View Mycenae 1600-1200 BCE

Mycenae

Mycenae 1600-1200 BCEc.13th

Cyclopean stonework

Lion Gate, Mycenae c. 13th bce

Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb or Tholos

w/ corbel vaultingc. 13th bce

Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb

Or Tholos w/ corbel vaulting

c. 13th bce

Treasury of Atreus?Bee hive Tomb or Tholos

w/ corbel vaultingc. 13th bce

corbel vaulting

Reconstruction of Mycenae Goddess with Snakes from “chapel”

Cyclopean Walls Mycenae

Grave Circle, Mycenae

Gold repoussé masksshaft grave, 12” c. 1500 bce

Megaron

Warrior Vase, clay, 16” c.1100 bce

Dorians c. 1100 bce -- Myceneans