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Mycenaean Bronze Armour
Bronze armour and boar tusk helmet (15th century BCE) from a mycenaean cemetery in Dendra. Nafplio Archaeological Museum.
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Mycenaean Stemmed Cup
A Mycenaean stemmed cup (1350-1300 BCE) in terracotta and depicting stylized seashells. (The Getty Villa, Malibu, USA).
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Mycenaean Engraved Gold Ring
A gold ring from Mycenaean Tiryns, the largest such example. The engraved scene depicts lion-headed creatures in a religious procession carrying libation vases. On the left side is a seated goddess. 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological...
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A Gallery of Chinese Art & Architecture
Chinese culture developed from small communities such as Banpo Village (c. 4500 BCE) through the early Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 BCE) and the great dynastic periods that followed after, creating some of the most striking and memorable works...
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Mycenaean Gold Jewellery Pieces
Strings of gold beads in the form of rosettes, papyrus and lillies from Mycenae area (14th century BCE). Nafplio Archaeological Museum.
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Mycenaean Death Mask
A gold death mask from a Shaft Grave IV, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, 1600-1500 BCE.
(National Archaeological Museum, Athens).
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Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472 CE) was an Italian scholar, architect, mathematician, and advocate of Renaissance humanism. Alberti famously wrote the treatise On Architecture where he outlines the key elements of classical architecture...
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Mycenaean Rhyta
Three conical shaped rhyta (1500-1450 BCE) Mycenae area, Nafplio Archaeological Museum.
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Mycenaean Beaded Bracelet
A string of gold beads (1500-1350 BCE) from Mycenae. Nafplio Archaeological Museum.
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Mycenaean Goddess
Terracotta figure of a goddess, Medea. Tiryns, 13th century BCE.