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Of Mycenae the most important monuments are the well - known Gate of Lions , '
still in its original position ( see the cast in the Cast Gallery ) and the Doorway of
the ' Treasury of Atreus ' ( otherwise known as the Tomb of Agamemnon ' ) .
Of Mycenae the most important monuments are the well - known Gate of Lions , '
still in its original position ( see the cast in the Cast Gallery ) and the Doorway of
the ' Treasury of Atreus ' ( otherwise known as the Tomb of Agamemnon ' ) .
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Both are casts , the originals being at Athens . 304 * - 323 . - METOPES OF THE
PARTHENON . ... is great difficulty in making out their subjects . The British
Museum possesses fourteen original metopes brought from Athens by Lord Elgin
, and ...
Both are casts , the originals being at Athens . 304 * - 323 . - METOPES OF THE
PARTHENON . ... is great difficulty in making out their subjects . The British
Museum possesses fourteen original metopes brought from Athens by Lord Elgin
, and ...
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The heads of both the figures are cast from originals at WWW WO Fig . 14 . - -
Metopes 304 * , 305 , from ... The original head of the Centaur is at Athens , and
that of the Lapith is in the Louvre . where Fig . 15 . - - Metopes 308 , 309 , from ...
The heads of both the figures are cast from originals at WWW WO Fig . 14 . - -
Metopes 304 * , 305 , from ... The original head of the Centaur is at Athens , and
that of the Lapith is in the Louvre . where Fig . 15 . - - Metopes 308 , 309 , from ...
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Contents
Roman Gallery Busts and statues of Roman Emperors and | 1 |
Nereid Room Sculptures of the Nereid Monument at Xanthos | 63 |
Mausoleum Room Large Lycian TombsSculptures of the tomb | 75 |
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| Title | A Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum |
| Editor | British museum (Londres). Department of Greek and Roman antiquities |
| Contributor | Arthur Hamilton Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Trustees of the British Museum, 1912 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 25 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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