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7 Cards in this Set
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-Bull-Leaping -Knossos Palace in Greece -Aegean -1400 BCE -one of the theories is that this man is doing a summer sault over the bull. we know it is a man since he has a thin waist and a broad chest. |
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-Octopus Flask -Ceramic -Aegean -1400 BCE -painter perfectly matched the octopus motif to the shape of the flask by spreading the sea creature’s tentacles over the curving surface of the vessel. |
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-Snake Goddess -From palace of Knossos Greece -Aegean -1400 BCE -The snakes in her hands and the feline on her head imply that she wields power over the animal world. |
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-Mask of Agamemnon -Beaten Gold -Aegean -1400 BCE -mask of a bearded man comes from a royal shaft grave. It is one of the first attempts at life-size sculpture in Greece |
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-Lion Gate -Mycenae, Greece -Aegean -1400 BCE -Any approaching enemies would have had to enter this 20-foot-wide channel and face Mycenaean defend- ers above them on both sides. |
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-Treasury of Atreus -Mycenae, Greece -Aegean -1400 BCE -The best-preserved Mycenaean tholos tomb is named after Homer’s King Atreus. A |
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-Interior Treasury of Atreus -Mycenae, Greece -Aegenae -1400 BCE -Corbeled dome and had a 43 foot ceiling that was the highest of its time before the roman empire |
