Posted on Nov 30, 2019

Archeological Museum – Mask Of Agamemnon Room 04 – Athens – Audio Guide – MyWoWo Travel App

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On November 30, 1876, Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found the gold "Mask of Agamemnon" at Mycenae.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

Posted 5 y ago

Schleiman was obsessed also with finding Troy.
This is a spectacular object and there was an article about it in the archeology magazine
https://archive.archaeology.org/9907/etc/mask.html

Behind the Mask of Agamemnon - Archaeology Magazine Archive

Experts debate: Is Schliemann's famous find a modern-day forgery?

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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But not sure he didn't do more damage than help in his quest though.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - he absolutely did. You got it right Jack.

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Excellent history share.

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Saw an article in Archaeology magazine a few years ago on this.

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