The "Face of Agamemnon"

In this article, the author responds to the claim put forward by William M. Calder III in 1999 that the most famous burial mask from the Shaft Graves at Mycenae-that generally believed to be the one that Schliemann took for the "face of Agamemnon"-is a forgery, planted by Schliemann himsel...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Hesperia 2005-06, Vol.74 (3), p.299-308
1. Verfasser:	Dickinson, Oliver
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Archaeological paradigms Archaeology Bronze Age Classical studies Cults, religions and funeral rites Ethnology and art Europe Excavations Forgeries Forgery Funerary art Graves Historic artifacts Human paleontology Mankind origin and evolution Masks Metal Ages Methodology and general studies Methods Prehistory and protohistory South East Europe Swords Telegrams Tombs Weapons
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Zusammenfassung:	In this article, the author responds to the claim put forward by William M. Calder III in 1999 that the most famous burial mask from the Shaft Graves at Mycenae-that generally believed to be the one that Schliemann took for the "face of Agamemnon"-is a forgery, planted by Schliemann himself. From an analysis of the surviving documentation, it is argued that this theory is untenable, particularly since Schliemann did not originally associate this mask with Agamemnon.
ISSN:	0018-098X 1553-5622 1553-5622
DOI:	10.1353/hes.2005.0008