The Mask of Agamemnon is a funerary mask of beaten gold and the most famous single object ever recovered from Mycenae. It shows a bearded man’s face with closed eyes, a straight nose and finely worked ears, all hammered from one sheet of gold. Heinrich Schliemann lifted it from a shaft grave in the citadel … Read more
Grave Circle A is a royal cemetery of deep shaft graves lying inside the walls of the citadel of Mycenae, just beyond the great gateway. A double ring of upright stone slabs marks the circle, which held the bodies of men, women and children of the early ruling house. The graves belong to the dawn … Read more
The Numismatic Museum of Athens fills Heinrich Schliemann’s lavish mansion, the Iliou Melathron, with a collection of 600,000 coins amid a stunning Pompeii-inspired interior, mosaics and a peaceful garden. See it alongside the city’s headline sights with skip-the-line tickets and tours from My Greece Tours for a hidden cultural gem. This jewel of a museum … Read more