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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 February 2015
      15 July 2010
      ISBN:
      9780511711688
      9781108016926
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511711688
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 140 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.65kg, 516 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
      Series:
      Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Classical Studies, Classical Archaeology, Archaeology: General Interest, Archaeology
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
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    Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890) published Mycenae, an account of his archaeological excavations of the ancient Greek cities of Mycenae and Tiryns, in 1878. Schliemann's astonishing finds revealed that the cities had a historical reality outside Homeric epic. His excavations uncovered many priceless treasures, most famously the 'death mask of Agamemnon' and the shaft graves, filled with pottery, carved stones, skeletons, gold, jewellery and weaponry. He also uncovered much about the layout and architecture of the two lost cities. The volume is generously illustrated with images of artefacts, maps and charts. It is introduced by W. E. Gladstone, who gave Schliemann the political assistance necessary for the excavations to take place. Schliemann's discoveries were met with wild enthusiasm, and while today his methods of excavation are deplored and many of his conclusions thought to be ill-founded, he is rightly credited with the discovery of the lost and ancient Mycenaean civilisation.

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