Mask of Agamemnon

The Mask of Agamemnon is an artifact discovered at Mycenae in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann. 

The Mask of Agamemnon was named by Schliemann after the legendary Greek king of Homer's Iliad. This mask adorned one of the bodies in the shaft graves at Mycenae. Schliemann took this as evidence the Trojan War was a real historical event.

In the latter half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, the authenticity of the mask has been formally questioned. Archaeology magazine has run a series of articles presenting both sides of the debate

The mask is currently displayed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.

Gold of Troy - Priam's Treasure - Gold Vessel

Gold of Troy - Penn Musuem Collection - Gold Pin

View of the Back

Head is large rectangular plate framed by two crosspieces, rectangular in section, which protrude past plate and end in upturning spirals. Face of plate decorated with four vertical panels of filigree S-spirals (two in each panel) which do not all face same direction. Vertical applique strips (second and fourth double strips) with incised cross-hatching frame panels; central strip is flattened upper part of pin itself. Six hollow miniature jugs (outermost both broken) with ring bases, biconical bodies, tall necks, and flat pierced discs as covers attached on top of upper crosspiece.

Gold of Troy - Priam's Treasure - Gold Pin

This pin is part of "Priam's Treasure." Today it is maintained at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. It ended up there when Soviet soldiers who captured Berlin, at the end of World War II, brought it - and other recovered Trojan artifacts - to Russia. 

Gold of Troy

Earring in the Form of a Basket

Bracelet

Portion of a Necklace

Gold of Troy - Priam's Treasure - Gold Necklace

Gold of Troy, Priam's Treasure - Ear Pendants

From the Priam’s Treasure, discovered by Heinrich Schliemann.
Neues Museum, Berlin

Gold of Troy: Golden Sauce Boat With Two Handles

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure - Gold Jewelry

The gold work of Troy, found by Schliemann. Found in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul.

The gold of Troy: Earrings.

Earrings that resemble the ones worn by Heinrich Schliemann’s wife in pho­to­graphs. Found in the Archaeological Museum in Istanbul.

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure - Gold Cups, Rings and Vases

Found in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

 

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure - Gold Pendants

Detail from gold diadem with pendants. Sixty-four small chains, each with links interspaced by gold-leaf lozenges, are suspended from a long, narrow band with 3 holes on each end. The shorter central chains are framed on each side by seven longer chains that converge and terminate in four gold-leaf pendants. This image shows one of these side groups. Found by Schliemann at Troy.

Gold of Troy: Priam's Treasure

Selection of gold diadems, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and assorted gold and bronze vessels found by Schliemann at Troy. Pushkin Museum, Moscow.