Transcript The Emergence of Greek Civilization

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 from the Air
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