"Just inside the Lion Gate, [Heinrich] Schliemann uncovered what archaeologists now designate as Grave Circle A. It predates the Lion Gate and the walls of Mycenae by some three centuries. Grave Circle A encloses six deep shafts that had...
Included: Pyramid of Menkaure; cemetery of Menkaure; funerary temple of Menkaure; valley temple of Menkaure; Pyramid of Khafre; funerary temple of Khafre; valley temple of Khafre; Great Sphinx temple; Great Sphinx; Pyramid of Khufu; eastern...
Elements included: entrance; sed festival courtyard; South Palace; North Palace; court of the serdab; ka statue; funerary temple; large court; sham buildings.
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
1) Pyramid of Menkaure, 2) Pyramid of Khafre, 3) Mortuary temple of Khafre, 4) Causeway, 5) Great Sphinx, 6) Valley temple of Khafre, 7) Pyramid of Khufu, 8) Pyramids of the royal family and mastabas of nobles; "From the remains surrounding...
Maps; Drawings; Architectural drawings; Cities & towns; Temples; Religious facilities; Funerary facilities; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Valleys; Rivers; Bodies of water
On East Bank of Nile: Luxor: Temple of Amun-Mut-Khonsu; Karnak: Great Temple of Amun, Precinct of Amun, site of Temple of Amenhotep IV, Precinct of Mut. On West Bank of Nile: Deir el-Bahri: West Valley, East Valley, Western Thebes, Qurnet Murai:...
Watercolor reconstruction of the imposing funerary monuments as depicted a few years after they were excavated, by Angelos Yiallinas. Acropolis and Parthenon in background.
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
Kore: "Found at Merenda (ancient Myrrhinous), Attica, in 1972. […] Funerary statue. Found in a pit in the cemetery of Myrrhinous together with kouros [of Merenda] (inv. no. 4890). Preserved in excellent condition. The girl is depicted...
"Every so often as the excavation continued, one of the workmen would shout: 'Another marble here!' In the end, we found ourselves - entranced and speechless - before a group of sculptures lying side by side: from west to east ([in this...
Sculpture; Heads (Anatomy); Portraits; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Men; Hairstyles; Crowns; Headdresses; Headgear; Leaves; Symbols
"[…] this portrait probably came from the forum's Augusteum (a shrine dedicated to the imperial family). […] In this portrait, the hair is combed forward, with short bangs over the forehead, formed by straight and regularly laid locks that...
"From the 'King's Grave' at Ur comes a splendid lyre that, in its restored state, resembles the instrument depicted in the feast scene on the Standard of Ur [from Tomb 779]. A magnificent bull's head caps the instrument's sound box. It is...
