This term for art that has been faked applies to some supposedly ancient Cycladic artifacts that have been sold on the art market.
What is a "forgery"?
100
This explorer and amateur archaeologist discovered the city of Knossos on the island of Crete in 1900.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans?
100
This amateur archaeologist discovered the citadel of Mycenae in the late 19th century.
Who is Heinrich Schliemann?
100
This Aegean culture existed simultaneously with that of the Sumerians, Akkadians, and Old Kingdom Egyptians.
What is "Cycladic"?
100
This term usually refers to a circular building; in Mycenae, it refers to the culture's customary beehive-shaped tombs.
What is "tholos"?
200
Male Cycladic statues are often shown seated and playing this musical instrument.
What is a harp?
200
This Minoan painting uses the buon fresco technique and may depict either a religious ritual or a sporting event.
What is the Bull-leaping fresco?
200
This artifact possibly showing a likeness of Agamemnon was discovered in Grave Circle A and dates to between 1600-1500 BC.
What is the Funerary Mask of Agamemnon?
200
This culture is credited with conquering the dying Minoan culture c.1450 BC and occupying its cultural sites, such as Knossos.
What is Mycenaean? (or Mycenae)
200
This type of arch consists of blocks built gradually inward toward a keystone that secures the weight of both sides of the arch
What is a "corbeled arch"?
300
This gender of Cycladic statue is usually slender, flattened, and depicted with stylized sexual organs.
What is "female"?
300
This word, meaning "consumer of flesh," is a type of coffin the Minoans often decorated with lively, colorful funerary scenes.
What is a "sarcophagus"?
300
This Mycenaean monument employs both post-and-lintel construction and a corbeled dome.
What is the Treasury of Atreus?
300
This legendary king of Mycenae conquered Troy in Homer's Iliad.
Who is "Agamemnon"?
300
This is the simplest form of architecture and may be found at sites throughout the world, including Stone Henge, the Lion Gate, and even your house.
What is "post-and-lintel"?
400
We studied this Paleolithic sculpture of a woman as a sharp contrast to the physical type of Cycladic female statues.
What is the "Venus of Willendorf"?
400
This legendary king, who kept a mythological creature called a minotaur in a labyrinth, inspired Arthur Evans to name the civilization he discovered after him.
Who is King Minos?
400
This Mycenaean monument features a relief sculpture depicting two majestic animals facing one another with a Minoan column between them.
What is the Lion Gate?
400
This society was most likely peaceful, since cities were not walled and no evidence of war has been found.
What is "Minoan"?
400
This adjective refers to the enormous masonry used to build the walls and structures of Mycenae, so-called for the bricks' weight and the belief that only a giant from Homeric myth could lift them.
What is "Cyclopean"?
500
This art material is a natural resource and major source of income for the Cycladic islands. Beginning with Cycladic statues, it became the most common material for sculptures in ancient Greece.
What is "marble"?
500
This component of Minoan architecture is "upside-down" compared to its Egyptian cousins and later Greek descendants.
What is the column?
500
This term refers to the supernatural ability of a sculpture or other artifact to ward off evil.
What is "apotropaic"?
500
This written script is associated with the Minoan culture and has yet to be deciphered by modern archaeologists.
What is "Linear A?"
500
These tomb structures were found at Grave Circle A by Heinrich Schliemann and revealed the burial places of nineteen people and a wealth of rich Mycenaean artifacts.