"Metron Ariston" is a book written in 2002 and published on 11 February 2003 in Athens,Greece (275 pages - in Greek). ISBN 960-8286-06-9 Contents: Introduction (about the new measurements made in 2002 and the Megalithic Cubit), Tiryns, the Pyramid of Proetus, Mycenae, Orchomenos (Boiotian), Hyle (Gla), Pylos and Crete, Athens, Parthenon and Stonehenge.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The great Mycenean tholos tombs
Excavations in the Treasury of Atreus
by Schliemann and his wife Sophia (1875).
From Henry Schliemann's book "Mycenae"
(London, 1878)
The great tholos tomb "Treasury of Atreus"
The tomb of Clytaemnestra
The tomb of Aegisthos
Tomb of the Lions
Tomb of the Lions - The lintel consists of three blocks
Tomb of the Lions - The upper part of the tholos has collapsed
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Details in the entrance of the Treasury of Atreus
The southern base of the semi-column
(24 April 2002)
The passage (dromos) of the Treasury
and the large stone on the right.
The 15th stone (detail)
Another view.
It seems that the ground here was higher before.
The two semi-columns from
the Treasury of Atreus
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Detail of the decoration.
Only few pieces have been found.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Orpheus
Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes
Orpheus
Ancient Roman floor mosaic
Museo archeologico regionale di Palermo
Photo by Giovanni Dall ' Orto