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Gate of the Lions, Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Human types, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Natural environment, Peloponnese, Views, Walls

Inscription from the Acropolis of Larissa, Argos. Drawings of several parts of the walls of the Acropolis of Larissa (Argos) and of the Acropolis of Tiryns. Capital of green marble, Mycenae. Wedge of brass, brass nails from the Treasury, Mycenae. Ornamented red marble in a church near the Treasury at Mycenae, [originally part of the reliefs at the entrance to the Tholos Tomb of Mycenae].

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Larissa (Argos), Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Argos, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Inscriptions, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Walls

The interior of the Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Views

Entrance to the Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greece, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus), Turks, Views

Section and plan of the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Plans and drawings, Tholos tomb of Mycenae (Treasury of Atreus)

Map of Mycenae, showing the main sights.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Mycenae, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Maps, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese

Temple of Jupiter, Nemea.

Tags: Ancient temples, Art and antiquities, Doric order, Greece, Natural environment, Nemea, Peloponnese, Temple of Zeus (Nemea)

Title page. Ornamented sarcophagus at Epidaurus.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Epidaurus, Funerary monuments, Greece, Nemea, Peloponnese, Sarcophagi, Title page

The ruins of the temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bassae, Doric order, Figaleia, Greece, Peloponnese, Temple of Apollo Epicurius (Bassae)

The Lion Gate, Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Greece, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Peloponnese, Views

The Isthmus of Corinth, seen from Acrocorinth.

Tags: Acrocorinth, Acropoleis, Art and antiquities, Corinth, Corinthia, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, Human types, Isthmus of Corinth, Natural environment, Peloponnese

The temple of Poseidon at Sounion.

Tags: Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Sounion, Temple of Poseidon (Sounio)

View of the oracle of Trophonius, the Catalan castle of Livadeia and the bridge of Herkyna river.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Boeotia, Bridges, Castles and fortresses, Catalan castle (Livadeia), Central Greece, Greece, Herkyna river (Livadeia), Human types, Livadeia, Natural environment, Oracle of Trophonius (Livadeia), Oracles, Rivers, Views

The remains of ancient Daulis, with ancient Chaeronea in the background.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Central Greece, Chaeronea, Dauleia, Greece, Mountains, Natural environment, Phocis, Walls

View of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Views

View of the ruins in ancient Ephesus.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Ephesus, Ionia, Turkey

View of the rock-cut tombs of Makri (ancient Telmessos, today Fethiye), Asia Minor.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Asia Minor, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fethiye / gr. Makri / anc. Telmessos, Funerary monuments, Human types, Lycia, Lycian tombs, Natural environment, Turkey

View of the Acropolis of Athens.

Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Ancient temples, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Greece, Parthenon, Views

The tomb of Absalom at Cidro valley, Jerusalem. Muslims throw stones at the monument.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Costume - Hats and headwear, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem)

A mummy seen by André Thevet in Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Giza, Mummies

Rendering of the head of the Sphinx from Giza, Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Egypt, Giza

A coin of emperor Antoninus Pius. A coin of emperor Germanicus. The drawings were probably based on descriptions of ancient coins rather than made from acctual items.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Coins

Ancient tomb outside the city of Rhodes.

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Coins, Funerary monuments, Greece, Rhodes

Signet with sacrifiial scene from Kerch, Crimea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Crimea, Kerch / anc. Pantikapaion, Religious ceremonies, Sacrifices, Stamps and signets, Ukraine

Ancient coins from Crimea.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Black Sea, Coins, Coins from Crimea, Crimea, Ukraine

Rendering of the lost painting of the Calumny of Apelles.

At the centre of the composition a man seated on a throne is surrounded by the figures of Ignorance(Ignorantia) and Suspicion (Suspicio). He is approached by Calumny (Calumnia), who is dragging with her a bedraggled man supposed to represent Envy…

Tags: Allegories, Andrea Mantegna, Apelles, Art and antiquities, Calumny of Apelles

View of the Giza Pyramids. View of the Spinx.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cairo, Costume - Hats and headwear, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Giza, Giza necropolis, Pyramids, Pyramids of Egypt, Sphinx (Egypt)

Mummies from Giza, Egypt.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian antiquities, Funerary practices, Giza, Giza necropolis, Mummies

Vatican Nile.

Tags: Allegories, Art and antiquities, Italy, Roman antiquities, Rome, Sculptures, Vatican Nile (statue)

Plan of the columns of Yerebatan Cistern.

Tags: Aqueducts, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Basilica Cistern / Yerebatan Sarnıcı, Byzantine monuments, Istanbul, Plans and drawings, Thrace, Turkey

Bronze lance from Ithomi, Peloponnese.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Ithome, Messenia, Peloponnese, Weapons

Image of the Vrefokratousa (Virgin holding infant Jesus).

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Icons, Religious practices, Vrefokratousa (Virgin holding infant Jesus)

Icons: 1. Deesis. 2. Saint George, Saint Isidorus and Saint Demetrius.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Greece, Icons, Religious practices

The Lions' Gate at Mycenae.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Cyclopean walls, Greece, Lion Gate (Mycenae), Mycenae, Peloponnese, Walls

Plan and drawings of the ancient Bema on Pnyx hill.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, Plans and drawings, Pnyx

Map of Delos and Rineia.

Tags: Aegean islands, Aegean sea, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Houses, Islands, Maps, Rineia / Rhenea, Ruins, Sanctuary of Apollo (Delos)

Arch from the archaeological site of Philippoi and details of the monument. Golden Gate in Thessaloniki and details of the monument. From: Héctor d'Espouy, Fragments d’architecture antique..., Paris, 1897-1925.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Golden Gate – Gate of Axios (Thessaloniki), Greece, Héctor d'Espouy, Macedonia, Philippoi, Sculptures, Thessaloniki

Interior of Hagios Demetrius church prior to the fire of September 1891.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Greece, Hagios Demetrios (Thessaloniki), Macedonia, Thessaloniki

Mosaics from Rotonda in Thessaloniki.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Greece, Macedonia, Mosaics, Rotonda (Thessaloniki), Thessaloniki

Mosaics from Rotonda in Thessaloniki.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Byzantine monuments, Churches, Greece, Macedonia, Mosaics, Rotonda (Thessaloniki), Thessaloniki

Kidron Valley in Jerusalem. The monuments called Absalom's tomb (A) and Zechariah's tomb (C) together with other funerary monuments.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Bible, Burial mounds, Holy Land, Jerusalem, Kidron Valley (Jerusalem), Mausoleums, Palestine, Tomb of Absalom (Jerusalem), Tomb of Zechariah (Jerusalem), Views, Zechariah

Byzantine coins.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Byzantium, Coins

The Hippodrome of Constantinople: The Serpent column, and the obelisks of Theodosius I and Constantine VII.

Tags: Art and antiquities, Constantine Obelisk / Walled Obelisk, Hippodrome of Constantinople / At Meydanı, Istanbul, Obelisk of Theodosius I, Plans and drawings, Serpent column/ Plataean tripod/ Delphi tripod (Istanbul), Thrace, Turkey

Map of Andros, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Aegean islands, Andros, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Greece, Maps

Map of Samos, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Greece, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Maps, Samos

Map of Rhodes, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Castles and fortresses, Dodecanese, Greece, Maps, Rhodes, Walls

Map of Paros, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Greece, Maps, Paros

Map of Delos and Rineia, (Gennadius Library).

Tags: Aegean islands, Art and antiquities, Cyclades, Delos, Greece, Maps, Rineia / Rhenea

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