Greekgeek ([info]greekgeek13) wrote,
@ 2008-04-25 23:15:00
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Travel Diary: Mycenae Museum
Mycenaean terracotta snakes6th May 2005

The Mycenae Museum displays artifacts found in more recent excavations of the citadel and its surroundings: pottery, stone weights once used to anchor the warp-threads of a hanging loom, stylize clay figures of farmers ploughing behind oxen, female figurines (goddesses, worshippers or dolls?) and unusual terracotta snakes. Both snakes and figurines were found in a small cluster of religious buildings within the citadel of Mycenae.

 What did these serpents mean?
(Read on...)

Also in this section:
Mycenae  Museum Photo Gallery


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Famous pharaohs of Ancient Egypt
(Anonymous)
2008-07-28 06:09 pm UTC (link)
Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece Brothers civilizations http://famouspharaohs.blogspot.com
http://gatesofegypt.blogspot.com

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Very good!
(Anonymous)
2009-09-12 09:44 pm UTC (link)
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Greece and the East
[info]sawiggins.wordpress.com
2009-09-19 12:55 pm UTC (link)
Nice pictures and good information on Mycenae. The connections of Mycenae to the world of the Ancient Near East are quite striking and worth some exploration. I teach a class on Ancient Near Eastern religions and I include Mycenae in the mix because of the similarities. The connection with snakes and goddesses is clearly attested in both ancient Egypt and Syria. I am very curious how goddess and snakes related in Mycenae.

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