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Indiana Jones - Steves' Quest!
Indiana Jones - Steves' Quest!...
1. Where did the missing Caryatid from the Erechtheion end up and why?
The Caryatid ended up in the British Museum in London. An ambassador from England, Lord Elgin, obtained permission from the Ottoman sultan to "take" artifacts from the Acropolis.
2. What special privilege were the people of Naxos given and why?
They had permission to go in first to see the oracle. They were wealthy so they donated generously to the Delphi coffers. They donated the Sphinx to Delphi. Written on its base was permission to "skip the line".
3. What was the oldest site visited on this tour?
Mycenae - (C is for Cyclopean Mycenae) Mycenaeans settled in ancient Greece around the 1600's BCE
4. Snakes, snakes why does it always have to be snakes? Name two locations where snakes were important to the people.
One site was Epidavros - Asklepios used snakes in his healing processes.
Another site was Mycenae - They buried snake effigies with the dead to help them find their way safely to the underworld.
5. Who was buried in the intact tholos tomb at Mycenae?
Could it have been Agamemnon or Atreus, his father, the legendary king of Mycenae? The answer is no one really knows. Grave robbers stole all the treasures from the tomb before archaeologist Schliemann discovered it. We are not sure that Agamemnon or Atreus actually existed because accounts of them came from oral history. So your guess is as good as mine!
1. Where did the missing Caryatid from the Erechtheion end up and why?
The Caryatid ended up in the British Museum in London. An ambassador from England, Lord Elgin, obtained permission from the Ottoman sultan to "take" artifacts from the Acropolis.
2. What special privilege were the people of Naxos given and why?
They had permission to go in first to see the oracle. They were wealthy so they donated generously to the Delphi coffers. They donated the Sphinx to Delphi. Written on its base was permission to "skip the line".
3. What was the oldest site visited on this tour?
Mycenae - (C is for Cyclopean Mycenae) Mycenaeans settled in ancient Greece around the 1600's BCE
4. Snakes, snakes why does it always have to be snakes? Name two locations where snakes were important to the people.
One site was Epidavros - Asklepios used snakes in his healing processes.
Another site was Mycenae - They buried snake effigies with the dead to help them find their way safely to the underworld.
5. Who was buried in the intact tholos tomb at Mycenae?
Could it have been Agamemnon or Atreus, his father, the legendary king of Mycenae? The answer is no one really knows. Grave robbers stole all the treasures from the tomb before archaeologist Schliemann discovered it. We are not sure that Agamemnon or Atreus actually existed because accounts of them came from oral history. So your guess is as good as mine!