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:
Sea People
Sea People: name of several groups of marauders, mentioned in several Egyptian sources as enemies of king Merenptah (r.1213-1203 BCE) and king Ramesses III (r.1184-1152). Their appearance is related to the demise of the Mediterranean Bronze Age system in the…Sparta
Sparta (Greek Σπάρτα): one of the main city-states of ancient Greece, leader of the Peloponnesian League. The city-state is also called Lacedaemon.History …
Sparta, Mycenaean figurine of a woman |
Thebes (Greece)
Thebes: important Greek city-state in central Greece, main city of Boeotia.Mycenaean History Oedipus and the sphinx Mythology: founded by Cadmus; the citadel…Thera
Thera (Greek Θήρα): island in the Aegean Sea, also known as Santorini. Akrotiri, Wall painting of antelopes Thera is a volcanic island and…
Tiryns, Cyclopean Wall |
Troy: excavation
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam. Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war. …Troy I-V
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam.Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war.Maritime Troy …Troy VI-VII
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam.Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war.Troy VI …The plain of Troy
Ilion or Troy: town in northwestern Asia Minor, famous for the legendary Trojan War, in which a coalition of Mycenaean warriors captured the city of king Priam.Homer's Iliad deals with an episode from this war.Besik Bay …
Troy I-V, Two-handed cup |
Troy I, Houses in the Schliemann Trench |