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Mask of Agamemnon

Mask of Agamemnon

death mask · gold · 1,600 BCE

The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask which was discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in southern Greece. The mask, displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, has been described by the historian Cathy Gere as the "Mona Lisa of prehistory".

material
gold
held at
National Archaeological Museum of Athens · archaeological museum

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found at
Mycenae
now in
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
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