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    Grave Circle A is a 16th-century BC royal cemetery situated to the south of the Lion Gate, the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in southern...
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    Grave Circle B in Mycenae is a 17th–16th century BCE royal cemetery situated outside the late Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece. This burial...
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  • Thumbnail for Grave stelai from Grave Circle A, Mycenae
    There were a number of grave stelai or stelae found among the six shaft graves at Grave Circle A in the site of Mycenae. These stelai mark the burial sites...
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  • Thumbnail for Gold grave goods at Grave Circles A and B
    There have been many discoveries of gold grave goods at Grave Circles A and B in the Bronze Age city of Mycenae. Gold has always been used to show status...
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    ancient Greek cities Boar's tusk helmet Fortification of Mycenae Gold Grave Goods at Grave Circles A and B National Archaeological Museum of Athens Christos...
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  • Thumbnail for Death masks of Mycenae
    The death masks of Mycenae are a series of golden funerary masks found on buried bodies within a burial site titled Grave Circle A, located within the...
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    Shaft tomb (redirect from Shaft grave)
    archaeological site of the Capacha and subsequent cultures. Grave Circle A, Mycenae Grave Circle B, Mycenae Grave field Ixtlán del Rio (archaeological site) Shaft...
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    Mycenaean period alongside more elaborate family graves. The shaft graves at Mycenae within Grave Circles A and B belonging to the same period represent an...
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    Cup of Nestor or dove cup is a gold goblet discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann in Shaft IV of Grave Circle A, Mycenae, which is usually dated to the...
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    expanded significantly with the inclusion of Grave Circle A and the addition of the Lion Gate. Mycenae had a wall of large, irregular stones that were laid...
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