Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Verginius Rufus
There is a theory that the famous "Mask of Agamemnon" from the Shaft Graves at Mycenae is not ancient but a fake done at Heinrich Schliemann's behest, but so far I don't think it has a lot of adherents.

I've read some accounts of Schliemann's excavations, and the whole thing does come across as very iffy. He just kind of pulled that thing out of, uh, nowhere. It seems strange to me that he retains the credibility that he does.

10 posted on 05/06/2009 8:26:43 PM PDT by dr_lew
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies ]


To: dr_lew
There are some serious questions about Schliemann's veracity. The doubts about the authenticity of the mask seem to have been raised first by William Calder III, a professor of Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. David Traill has also done work on this question.

Google "behind the mask of Agamemnon" and it will take you to an issue of Archaeology where several experts debate the issue.

12 posted on 05/06/2009 9:18:20 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson