Aegean World
This admittedly vague category is meant for the Aegean Bronze Age: the Mycenaean and Minoan cultures.
There are 138 items in Aegean World:
Cretan seal stone with a bull |
Crete
Crete (Greek Κρήτη, Latin Creta): largest island in Greece. Psychro Cave, often identified with the Dictaean Cave of Greek mythology Crete is…
Cycladic Idol (Chalandriani Type) |
Cyclopean Walls
Cyclopean Walls: name for a kind of mortarless Bronze Age wall built with massive boulders. Tiryns, Cyclopean Wall The name "Cyclopean Walls"…Delphi, Museum
Imagine a group of elderly tourists, some of them walking with sticks. Early in the morning. Their Greek tour leader brings them to an excavation and starts to buy tickets. He asks for the discount that is normally granted to…
Delphi, Temple of Athena Pronaia, Depot, Mycenaean "psi" figurine |
Didyma
Didyma: oracle of Apollo near Miletus, also known as Branchidae. Didyma, temple of Apollo Didyma was the oracular shrine of Apollo at…Enkomi
Enkomi: Bronze Age settlement in eastern Cyprus.Middle Bronze Age House of the Pillar Rich in copper and situated between three continents, Cyprus…
Enkomi, Mycenaean IIIa pottery |
Ephesus
Ephesus (modern Selçuk): ancient Greek town in western Turkey, one of the largest and best excavated cities of the ancient world.Early History …
Ephesus, Ayasoluk, Mycenaean pottery |
Gla
Gla (Greek: Γλα or Γλας): Mycenaean fortress in Boeotia. The walls of Gla The immense Mycenaean fortress of Gla, which cannot be…