Turning to the adjoining state of Argolis, we find three sites of special importance in early times—Mycenae, Tiryns, and Argos. Of these the two former had ceased to have any importance in historic times, but this is amply compensated for by the wonderful discoveries of the Mycenaean period.[105] At _Mycenae_ large quantities of painted pottery were found in the six shaft-tombs in the Agora, five of which were excavated by Dr. Schliemann; outside the Acropolis, and possibly belonging to a later period, was found the remarkable vase with figures of warriors marching.[106] The finds at _Tiryns_ were chiefly fragmentary, but at _Nauplia_, where considerable quantities were found, there were some fragments with painted designs of chariots like the vases from Cyprus (p. 246).[107] Mycenaean pottery has also been found at _Asine_,[108] and the site of the Heraion at _Argos_, recently excavated by the American School, has yielded an exhaustive series of fragments of pottery, representative of nearly every known fabric from Mycenaean times down to the best Greek period. They have not as yet been published, but may be expected to yield important results. Other occasional finds are reported from Argos, including a curious archaic vase with a representation of Herakles and Kerberos.[109] At _Kleonae_, on the northern frontier of the state, was found a Corinthian vase signed by Timonidas, and there are vases from _Hermione_ in the museum at Athens.[110] In the rest of the Peloponnese finds of painted vases have been exceedingly rare. The Berlin Museum possesses a B.F. vase found at _Megalopolis_,[111] and isolated finds are also recorded from _Magoula_ in Laconia and _Amyklae_ near Sparta.[112] At _Olympia_ painted vases were very rare, but several different fabrics from the Proto-Corinthian downwards are represented by fragments.[113]