Slide A 1. Map of the eastern Mediterranean area 2. Incised clay object, the so-call "frying pan", from Cyclades Islands, ca. 2500-2200 BCE 3. Cycladic statuette of standing female, from Cyclades Islands, ca. 2500-2200 BCE; side view The following slides illustrate views, objects, and frescoes (paintings done on the wall plaster) of the Palace at Knossos, the principal Minoan palace on Crete; 1650-1450 BCE 4. Plan of palace at Knossos 5. View of the central court and west court facade, palace at Knossos 6. The bull jumping fresco, illustrating men and women vaulting over the back of a charging bull 7. Fresco illustrating crowd scene, priestesses worshipping divinity *8. Faience figurine illustrating the snake goddess, the principal female divinity of the Minoans Frescoes from the Cycladic island of Thera, destroyed by a volcanic eruption, ca. 1500 BCE 9. Map showing the location of Thera 10. Springtime fresco *11. Nude fisherman fresco The following slides illustrate monuments from the Mycenaean civilization on mainland Greece 12. Map showing major Mycenaean sites in Greece *13. Gold masks from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, ca. 1600-1550 BCE 14. Walls and main gate, Mycenae, ca. 1300 BC 15. Plan of monumental tholos tomb near Mycenae, the so-called "Treasury of Atreus", ca. 1300 BCE *16. Vapheio cup, gold cup from a grave in Vapheio (near Sparta, Greece) 1650-1450 BCE

Slide B 1. Map of the Aegean region, showing the major sites from Cycladic and Minoan cultures *2. Cycladic idols, marble statuettes of standing females, from Cyclades Islands, ca. 2500-2200 BCE; frontal view 3. Cycladic idol, marble statuette of seated male playing a harp, from Cyclades Islands, ca. 2500-2200 BCE     *4. Aerial view of the palace at Knossos 5. Staircase leading from the central court to the lower levels, palace of Knossos *6. The Grandstand Fresco, fresco illustrating a crowd gathered in the Central Court of the palace 7. Fresco illustrating head of Minoan woman, probably a priestess, the so-called "La Parisienne" 8. Steatite rhyton, the Harvesters Vase, from Hagia Triada in southern Crete, 1650-1450 BCE   9. View of houses in Aegean Bronze Age town, Thera 10. Fresco of a female figure 11. The ship fresco, showing ships travelling across the Aegean Sea   12. Aerial view of citadel and palace at Mycenae, ca. 1300 BCE 13. Bronze daggers inlaid with gold and silver, using niello technique, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, ca. 1600-1550 BCE *14. The Lion Gate, main entrance to the palace at Mycenae, ca. 1300 BC 15. Dromos, or entrance passageway of the monumental tholos tomb near Mycenae, the so-called "Treasury of Atreus", ca. 1300 BCE 16. Ivory statuette of two women and a child, Mycenae, 1400-1200 BCE