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16 0 The so-called 'Mask of Agamemnon', a gold death mask from a Circle A shaft grave.
17 0 The entrance to the most impressive tholos tomb at Mycenae, fancifully named the 'Treasury of Atreus'.
15 0 A reconstruction of the citadel at Mycenae.
14 0 A reconstruction of the palace at Pylos.
18 0 This room in Knossos palace, known as the 'throne room', may have been added by the Mycenaeans.
3 0 A Cypriot 'krater' (wine-mixing bowl) decorated with a painting of chariots.
4 0 A perfume jar found at Nuraghe Antigori on Sardinia, a typical Mycenaean export, and an oxhide copper ingot.
5 0 An ivory inlay from Mycenae in the form of a warrior wearing a helmet made of boars' tusks.
6 0 A reconstruction of the citadel at Tiryns with its massive 'cyclopean' walls.
7 0 A suit of Mycenaean armour found at Dendra comprising a bronze breastplate, bronze greaves and a boars' tusk helmet.
8 0 A chariot depicted in a wall painting from Pylos.
19 0 A painting from Pylos showing a battle between well-armed Mycenaean Greeks and wild attackers clad in skins.
9 0 The city of Troy in its period VI.
20 0 A Mycenaean pot depicting an octopus: a fine example of Mycenaean artistic achievement.
10 0 Eggshell-thin Kamares pottery was widely appreciated, being found as far afield as Syria and Egypt.
11 0 The Minoan palace at Phaistos on the south coast of Crete.
11 1 The Minoan palace at Phaistos on the south coast of Crete.
11 2 The Minoan palace at Phaistos on the south coast of Crete.
12 0 A goddess figurine with snakes.
13 0 One of the fine stone figures from the Cyclades, depicting a man playing a lyre.
2 0 A huge circular stone object with hemispherical depressions around its rim: an offering table? From the palace at Mallia.
1 0 A fine example of decorated Minoan pottery, which often took its themes from the sea around the island.
21 0 A bronze double axe, one of the few objects bearing an inscription (detail shown) in the Cretan Hieroglyphic script.
22 0 One of the tablets inscribed in Linear A script: they were preserved by being baked in an accidental fire. From Hagia Triada.
23 0 A tablet inscribed in the Linear B script, which can be read.