Schliemann unearthed a gold burial mask at Mycenae he called the "Mask of Agamemnon." Remarkably, only five gold death masks have ever been found, all at Mycenae, all by him. He self-funded his digs through a personal fortune built on commodity trading, deploying armies of workers. His discoveries still appear in museums and academic dissertations today.
Schliemann's gold mask discoveries at Mycenae and self-funded archaeology
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Key facts
- Schliemann found a gold mask in a burial at Mycenae, which he called the "Mask of Agamemnon"
- Only five gold death masks have been found in total, all at Mycenae, and all excavated by Schliemann
- Schliemann self-funded his excavations through his personal fortune amassed by trading commodities including gold
- He used an army of workers to dig for treasures at ancient sites
- His findings continue to be featured in museums and quoted in academic dissertations
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[PDF] schliemann and the so-called 'agamemnon's mask' - SMEAsmea.isma.cnr.it
Schliemann's attitude to the recognition of Agamemnon's body is also apparent from the way of divulging his own Mycenaean discoveries as widely as possible. His ...
One-Off | National Endowment for the Humanitiesneh.gov
It was a funerary mask with a skull underneath. “I have gazed into the eyes of Agamemnon,” Schliemann said afterward with a touch of drama. According to the ...
Mask of Agamemnon - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
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 ...
The Mask of Agamemnon - The Metropolitan Museum of Artmetmuseum.org
Found at Mycenae in 1876 by the distinguished archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, it was one of several gold funeral masks found laid over ...
Mask of "Agamemnon" - Brown Universitywebhelper.brown.edu
The mask was created by hammering gold into a thin leaf over a wooden form. It is three-dimensional and includes cut-out ears, full detailed ...
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