Heroön
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A heroön or heroon, also Latinized as heroum, was, in the ancient Greco-Roman world, a shrine dedicated to a hero and used in the practice of hero cult ritual. A heroön was often built over what was t
The northwest heroön at Sagalassos, Turkey
The Tomb of Theron, a heroön at Agrigento, Sicily.
Heroön at Paestum, uncovered in 1952
Greek Dark Ages
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The Greek Dark Ages was a period in Ancient Greece that emerged from the wider Late Bronze Age collapse, which affected much of the Eastern Mediterranean. This age was characterized by the collapse of
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…cultural interaction across the Bronze Age Aegean up until the Late Bronze Age collapse. The tradition of monumental hero tombs persisted through the Greek Dark Ages (c. 1200 – c. 800 BCE) and the Archaic period (c. 800 – c. 500 BCE), as demonstrated by the tenth-century BCE heroön at Lefkandi in Euboea. This massive…
Geometric-style box in the shape of a barn. On display in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus. From early geometric cremation burial of a wealthy pregnant woman, 850 BC.
Finds from an early Geometric cremation burial of a pregnant wealthy woman, from the N.W. of the Areopagus, about 850 BC, Ancient Agora Museum (Athens); exhibit 14–16: broad gold finger rings; exhibit 17–19: gold finger rings; 20: pair of gold earrings with trapezoid endings
An Ancient Greek pair of terracotta boots. Early geometric period cremation burial of a woman, 900 BC. Ancient Agora Museum in Athens.