This city is noted for its number of shaft-tombs, and objects unearthed at this site include the Cup of Nestor and the Silver Siege Rhyton.
This city is noted for its number of shaft-tombs, and objects unearthed at this site include the Cup of Nestor and the Silver Siege Rhyton. This city's walls are made of stones so large they were called "Cyclopean," and one entrance to a palace here was called the Lion Gate. Containing nine tholos or (*) "beehive" tombs, this city was the place where Heinrich Schliemann excavated the Mask of Agamemnon. For 10 points, identify this Greek city and the namesake of a culture existing in Greece between roughly 1600 and 1100 B.C.
This city is noted for its number of shaft-tombs, and objects unearthed at this site include the Cup of Nestor and the Silver Siege Rhyton.
Mycenae