The Mycenaen death masks are very precious and rare ... we may say it's an open question and a mystery," the curator said. The masks of Mycenae were offerings to the deceased and not gifts to ...

This gold death mask was found by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 during excavations of a Bronze Age tomb at ...

To that point, “Agamemnon Death Mask” is a misnomer, Maurizio explains. Made of gold, the real mask was found in a Mycenaean grave in 1876 by the “notorious” archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who ...

This civilization is perhaps best known from the 16th century BC grave circles at Mycenae and the famous gold "mask of Agamemnon ... Until his death at the unfortunately early age of 34, Ventris ...

A digital reconstruction revealed the face of a 3,500-year-old Mycenaean royal woman ... Among the burial items were a gold mask made of electrum and three swords, which were initially assumed ...

The golden mask calls to mind the death masks of Mycenae—specifically, the Mask of Agamemnon. This mask is said to be the King’s in Homer’s Iliad. The mask symbolizes the continuation of ...

According to Homer, Agamemnon ruled at Mycenae, and the artifact has been ... All of them had weapons, but only five wore gold death masks, which archaeologists think indicated status.