Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns Gallery

Deer mosaic, New House Of Hunt, Bulla Regia Archaeological Site, Tunisia

A mosaic is a piece of art or image made from the assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials. It is often used in decorative art or as interior decoration. Most mosaics are made of small, flat, roughly square, pieces of stone or glass of different colors, known as tesserae. Some, especially floor mosaics, are made of small rounded pieces of stone, and called pebble mosaics. Others are made of other materials. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece, mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

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Greece. Peloponnese. The Palace of Nestor (1300 BC-1200 BC)

Greece. Peloponnese. The Palace of Nestor (1300 BC-1200 BC). Is the central building of a Middle Helladic era settlement surrounded by a fortified wall. The site is the best-preserved Mycenaean Greek palace discovered. Ruins. Stairway to the upper floor

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Picture No. 11021941

Mycenaean art. Crete. Vase with zoomorphic decoration based on three large octopus. Found in the tomb 2 at Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna Argive. Dated in the 15th century BCE. National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece

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