MASK OF AGAMEMNON

Artist:  N/A

Original Location:  Mycenae, Greece

Current Location:  National Archives Museum, Athens

Aprox. Date:  1600-1550 B.C.E.

Medium:  Gold

The Mask of Agamemnon was a funerary mask found in a tomb by Heinrich Schliemann.  It was used to cover Agamemnon's face while his deceased body laid in the tomb.  The fact that the mask is gold shows how important the person was who this mask belonged to.

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