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Royal hall (megaron) in the palace of Mycenae. According to Homer, Agamemnon was murdered here. The sacred hearth and the bases of four columns remain. Size: 13 x 12 m
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Royal hall (megaron) in the palace of Mycenae. According to Homer, Agamemnon was...

So-called Tomb of Agamemnon,or treasury of Atreus, Mycenae. Entrance to the circular tholos, the largest of the tholos-tombs discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
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So-called Tomb of Agamemnon,or treasury of Atreus, Mycenae. Entrance to the...

So-called Tomb of Agamemnon, Mycenae, the largest of the Tholos tombs discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
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So-called Tomb of Agamemnon, Mycenae, the largest of the Tholos tombs discove...

Landscape near Thebes, the so-called Field of Cadmus, founder of Thebes. According to Greek myths, Cadmus sowed the Giants here.
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Landscape near Thebes, the so-called Field of Cadmus, founder of Thebes. Accor...

Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, son of Ulysses, visited here to ask Nestor for news of his father.
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Palace of King Nestor in Pylos, earthenware bathtub (12th BCE). Telemach, so...

Baths of Glauke, daughter of King Kreon (1st CE). Corinth, Greece
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Baths of Glauke, daughter of King Kreon (1st CE). Corinth, Greec...

Mamertine or Tullian prison on the Forum in Rome, called after Servius Tullius, 6th King of Rome. This is the jail where Vercingetorix and Jughurta died and Saint Peter was imprisoned.
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Mamertine or Tullian prison on the Forum in Rome, called after Servius Tul...

Gur-e Amir mausoleum,the tomb of Timur,1405
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Gur-e Amir mausoleum,the tomb of Timur,1405

Nakhthorheb,Prince and ritual chief priest, kneeling in adoration.During the reign of Psammetich (595-589 BCE). Stone A 94
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Nakhthorheb,Prince and ritual chief priest, kneeling in adoration.Du...

Stele of the Serpent King, around 3000 BCE, 1st dynasty, Thinite period; found in the Serpent King's tomb in Abydos.Overall stele. For detail see 08-01-22/26 Sandstone, 143 x 65 x 25 cm E 11007
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Stele of the Serpent King, around 3000 BCE, 1st dynasty, Thinite pe...

Stele of the Serpent King, around 3000 BCE, 1st dynasty, Thinite period found in the Serpent King's tomb in Abydos. Detail.For overall see 08-01-22/25 Sandstone, 143 x 65 x 25 cm E 11007
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Stele of the Serpent King, around 3000 BCE, 1st dynasty, Thinite pe...

Female torso, probably Nefertiti, wife of Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton (1365-1347 BCE). 18th Dynasty (16th-14th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Quartzite,H:29 cm E 25 409
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Female torso, probably Nefertiti, wife of Pharaoh Amenophis IV Akhnaton (1365-1...