Agnamennon's Golden Mask

The Agamemnon golden mask was discovered in the tomb of Agamemnon, which is an early form of burial in Mycenaean civilization. Mycenaean civilization was a civilization in the late Bronze Age of Greece, named after the city of Mycenae on the Peloponnese peninsula. Around 2000 BC, Greeks began to settle in the southern Balkans. From the first half of the 16th century BC, some slave-owning states gradually formed, and the Mycenaean civilization appeared. The Mycenaeans were the earliest Greeks to arrive, settling on the Peloponnese peninsula around 2000 BC. At this time, the Minoan civilization had already been established on Crete, while the Mycenaeans on the Greek mainland were relatively backward. Although they had entered the Bronze Age, they had not yet established a state. Therefore, they gradually transitioned to civilization under the direct influence of Crete, and only established a kingdom in around 1600 BC. Mask of Agamemnon is a golden burial mask discovered by archaeologists Heinrich Schliemann and his wife in the Mycenaean fortress. The mask covers the face of the deceased, with almond-shaped eyes seemingly closed. Most of the facial details have been abstracted, such as the curved ears and round chin, but some details may belong to individual features. Schliemann believed that the fortress he was excavating was the residence of the legendary Trojan War hero Agamemnon, and the gold mask was named after him. However, this later became a point of controversy, with some claiming that Schliemann had forged the mask and that it was his own creation. At least now scholars no longer believe that the mask necessarily belongs to Agamemnon, but still consider its exquisite craftsmanship and the power it represents to be very impressive.