Heinrich Schliemann
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Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann was a German businessman and an influential archeologist. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological
Heinrich Schliemann (1866)
Schliemann as a young man
The 'Mask of Agamemnon', discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876 at Mycenae now exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Sophia Schliemann (née Engastromenos) wearing finds recovered at Hisarlık
Mask of Agamemnon
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The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask which was discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in southern Greece. The mask, displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, has been d
Heinrich Schliemann
…excavation as a condition of Schliemann's permit. There, he discovered the Shaft Graves, with their skeletons and more regal gold, including the so-called Mask of Agamemnon. These findings were published in Mycenae in 1878. Although he had received permission in 1876 to continue excavation, Schliemann did not reopen the…
Athens — Mask of Agamemnon
The mask in the National Archaeological Museum