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FILE: 22_Mask of Agamemnon.jpg
TITLE: Mask of Agamemnon or Funerary Mask of Mycenae
DESCRIPTION: MYCENAE - Mycenaean Culture - c.1600-1550 BCE
--Egyptian influence
--royal death mask discovered by Schliemann in a royal tomb in Mycenae
--gold repousse: hammered metal from the backside
--Agamemnon: legend sez he was leader of Greek army who went to Troy and built horse. Wife killed him because he sacrificed his own daughter.
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