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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Acropolis
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No part of mainland Greece is more than 35 miles from the sea.No part of mainland Greece is more than 35 miles from the sea.
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In 1900 A.D., Sir Arthur Evans discovered the massive palace complex at Knossos on Crete.
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KnossosKnossos
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Palace of King Minos Sacred Place of the Double Axes
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KnossosKnossos
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KnossosKnossos
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KnossosKnossos
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KnossosKnossos
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KnossosKnossos
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Knossos from the Air
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KnossosKnossos
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Knossos (c. 1500 BC)
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KnossosKnossos
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Bull Jumping (c. 1500 BC)
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Palace of King Minos--megaron of the queen Palace of King Minos--megaron of the queen with dolphin frieze with dolphin frieze
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Palace of king Minos Palace of king Minos Throne Hall with throne to the right Throne Hall with throne to the right
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Minotaur
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Snake Goddess (c. 1600 BC)
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Harvester Vase (c. 1550-1500 BC)
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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
MycenaeMycenae
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Tomb of Clytemnestra -- Mycenae
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Grave Circle A (burial site of Agamemnon) -- Mycenae
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Grave Circle A -- Mycenae
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tholos of the Treasury of Atreus -- Mycenae
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Acropolis of Mycenae
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House outside citadel -- Mycenae
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Megaron -- Mycenae
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Corbelled vault to intramural cistern -- Mycenae
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Mycenean dagger
Mycenean LiongateMycenean Liongate
Tiryns Interior galleyTiryns Interior galley
Boar's tusk helmet Boar's tusk helmet
Tiryns’ Tiryns’ WallsWalls
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Treasury of Artreus (1300-1250 BC)
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Funerary Mask (c. 1559-1500 BC)
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The Lion Gate, Mycenae (1250 BC)
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Protogeometric pottery
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