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View of the site of Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Mycenae. In the foreground, Grave Circle A.
Tags: Acropolis of Mycenae, Animals, Architecture and built environment, Argolis, Art and antiquities, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Cyclopean walls, Equids, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Heinrich Schliemann, Human types, Mycenae, Mycenaean architecture, Mycenaean monuments, Peloponnese, Women
Composition: The Monument of Philopappus. Scene of excavations at Thoricos, ancient settlement near Lavrio.
Tags: Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Boats and ships, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Excavations, Funerary monuments, Greece, Human types, Lavrio, Monument of Philopappus, Natural environment, Nobility, Professions, Reliefs, Ruins, Smoking, Social sphere and everyday life, Thorikos
View of the Erechtheion. Workmen excavating to reveal the base of the prostasis underneath the Caryatids. Ottoman official Dizdar Aǧa is leaning on his son-in-law's shoulder while two other Ottomans are supervising the excavations in order to keep him informed and to ensure that the British are not carrying away the archaeological findings. On the foreground a man, probably James Stuart, drawing the monument.
Tags: Acropoleis, Acropolis of Athens, Animals, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Caryatids, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Digging tools, Dogs, Erechtheion, Ethnic groups, Europeans, Excavations, Greece, Horses, Houses, James Stuart, Ottoman officials, Ottomans, Painters / Engravers, Sheep, Smoking, Women, Writers
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