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Between c. 1400 and 1200 BC, impressive palaces were the focal points of power for the Mycenaeans in Bronze Age Greece.
Archaeologists have made an exciting discovery after they unearthed fragments inscribed with the name Odysseus on the island of Ithaca - home to one of ancient Greece’s greatest heroes. Not up to date ...
Fischer said Tuesday that along with Mycenaean pottery, the Cypriot variety was “the most popular on the ‘intercultural’ market” of the time, reaching as far as modern-day Spain, Iraq ...
KATHMANDU – These days, it’s not just the master potters who are working with the wheel. Across Nepal, from the heritage alleys of Patan and the workshops of Bhaktapur to Kathmandu’s creative hubs, ...
It forms part of the Unseen Museum initiative, which brings to the fore antiquities from the museum’s storerooms, most of which have never been displayed before. The term Mycenaean alchemists refers ...
Mycenaean pottery is derived from nine mounds in the Thermaic Gulf, mostly in the neighbourhood of Salonika, and all but three on the seashore.
In the conventional chronology, Mycenaean-style pottery was produced from the 16th to 11th century BC and was succeeded by the protogeometric style towards the end of the 11th century BC.
Wes Muckey of Nolde Forest Pottery creates unusual pottery forms depicting fantastic characters. Nolde Forest Pottery is marking its 30th anniversary. (BILL UHRICH – READING EAGLE) ...
This layer of ceramics belongs to the so-called “domestic” ceramics of the Late Bronze Age, synchronized with Mycenaean ceramics of the period (LHIIIC). Although few fragments of actual Mycenaean ...
Pottery fragments found onsite are lined in purple pigment, suggesting they were once containers for dye. Lydia Berger / PLOS ONE On an island in Greece, researchers have discovered a 3,600-year ...
A famous Mycenaean suit of armor was not just ceremonial, but suitable for extended combat, according to a study published May 22 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas Flouris of the ...