Acropolis

No part of mainland Greece is more than 35 miles from the sea.

In 1900 A.D., Sir Arthur Evans discovered the massive palace complex at Knossos on Crete.

Knossos

Palace of King Minos
Sacred Place of the Double Axes

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos

Knossos (c. 1500 BC)

Knossos

Bull Jumping (c. 1500 BC)

Palace of King Minos--megaron of the queen with dolphin frieze

Palace of king Minos
Throne Hall with throne to the right

Minotaur

Snake Goddess (c. 1600 BC)

Harvester Vase (c. 1550-1500 BC)

In the 1870s A.D. great interest in early Greek history was stimulated by the spectacular finds of amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann at the sites of ancient Troy and
Mycenae.
Troy
Mycenae

Tomb of Clytemnestra -- Mycenae

Grave Circle A (burial site of Agamemnon) -- Mycenae

Grave Circle A -- Mycenae

tholos of the
Treasury of
Atreus -- Mycenae

Acropolis of Mycenae

House outside citadel -- Mycenae

Megaron -- Mycenae

Corbelled vault to intramural cistern --
Mycenae

Mycenean Liongate
Tiryns’
Walls
Tiryns Interior galley
Mycenean dagger
Boar's tusk helmet

Treasury of Artreus (1300-1250 BC)

Funerary Mask
(c. 1559-1500 BC)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae (1250 BC)

Protogeometric pottery