Venus of willendorf, Austria. Female fertility figurine
Map of the Aegean Civilization
Figure of women, from the Cyclades. Marble, 2500-2200 BCE
Female Figurine (2500-2000 BC) marble
The largest of the female figurines (http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/crete.html)
Two figures of women, from the Cyclades. Marble, 2500-2200 BCE
Cycladic Idol. Marble, 2500-2300 BCE
Musicians, from the Cyclades. Marble, 2500-2300 BCE
The "Lyre Player", from the Cyclades. Marble, 2500-2300 BCE
Ceramic Mycenaean "goddesses" (Iraklion, Archaeological Museum).
Poppy goddesses
The Harvester Vase (steatite)
Marine style jug with Octopus
Kamares beaked olpe (pre-Palatial)
Woman or Goddess with Snakes, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Faiene, 1700-1550 BCE
Woman or Goddess with Snakes, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Faiene, 1700-1550 BCE
Woman or Goddess with Snakes, from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. Faiene, 1700-1550 BCE
Reconstrction of the Palace at Knossos, Crete
Knossos, Crete. 1550-1450 BCE
Lightwell and corridor in Palace (columns and shield paintings restored) 1550-1450 BC
"Queen's Megaron" Knossos, 1550-1450 BC; with floor painting of dolphins incorrectly restored as wall painting
Bull Jumping, wall painting from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. 1550-1450 BCE
larnax (coffin) in the shape of a bathtub, Iraklion, Archaeological Museum
King's Throne room; from the palace complex, Knossos, Crete. 1550-1450 BCE
Light well, Knossos, Crete. 1550-1450 BCE
Storage vault, Knossos, Crete
Knossos, Storage container
Terracotta drain running under pavement,Knossos, Crete
The "Horns of Consecration" (restored), Knossos, Crete
Theatral area on southeast side, Knossos, Crete
Drainage under floor stone, Knossos, Crete
View from Mycenae
View of Mycenae
Lion Gate of the Citadel of Mycenae (c1300 BC)
Lion Gate of the Citadel of Mycenae (c1300 BC)
Citadel of Mycenae, excavation
Citadel of Mycenae, excavation
Mycenean Knife with in-laid gold and silver
Gold Mycenean signet ring
Bull head rhyton (drinking horn), Mycenae, Greece. Gold, 1550-1500 BCE
Lion head rhyton (drinking horn), from the royal tombs at Mycenae, Greece. Gold, 1550-1500 BCE
"Mask of Agamemnon" (c1500 BC) found in shaft tomb at Mycenae. repoussé gold. National Museum, Athens