Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and TirynsSchliemann, Heinrich
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Mycenæ: a narrative of researches and discoveries at Mycenæ and Tiryns
Schliemann, Heinrich
Mycenae (Extinct city); Tiryns (Extinct city)
(2) To each Vertical Section is appended its exact
proportional scale.
]
[Illustration: PLAN B.
THE CIRCULAR AGORA, WITH THE FIVE ROYAL SEPULCHRES, IN THE ACROPOLIS OF
MYCENÆ.]
[Illustration: PLAN B B.
VERTICAL SECTION OF THE HILL OF THE ACROPOLIS OF MYCENÆ, ALONG THE LINE A
B ON PLANS B AND C.
VERTICAL SECTION SHOWING THE DEPTHS OF THE FIVE TOMBS BELOW THE LOWER
TERRACE OF THE ACROPOLIS OF MYCENÆ.]
[Illustration: _PLAN C._
Plan of the
ACROPOLIS OF MYCENAE
WITH THE EXCAVATIONS
made by
Dᴿ. HENRY SCHLIEMANN
_by Vasilios Drosinos
Lieutenant of Engineers_
_For Dᴿ. Schliemann's excavations enclosed within figures I to IX see
Plan B._]
EXPLANATION OF PLANS B AND C.
NOTE.--PLAN B _shows the Excavations of Dr. Schliemann in the Acropolis,
of which_ PLAN C _gives a General Plan._
I. II. III. IV. V.--Cyclopean Walls of the Inner Enclosure,
dividing the Agora and the adjacent Buildings from the rest of
the Acropolis.
VI. VII. VIII. IX.--Part of the Cyclopean Circuit Wall which
encloses the whole Citadel.
_a_, _a_, _a_.--Double Circle of Slabs, forming the enclosure and
Bench of the Agora (A A A on Plan C).
_b_, _b_, _b_.--Wall supporting the same in the lower part of the
Acropolis.
A, A, A.--Cyclopean Houses.
B, B, B.--Cyclopean Cisterns.
P.--Sepulchral Recess, where Gold Ornaments were found.
No. 6.--Ruins of a large Quadrangular Tower.
(_On_ PLAN C _only._)
M, N.--Traces of the ancient winding Street, which led to the
Lions' Gate.
1, 1, 1.--Shafts sunk by Dr. Schliemann.
4.--Cyclopean Buildings.
5.--Cisterns.
8.--Treasury outside of the Lions' Gate.
DOTTED SECTIONAL LINES.
A B.--Line of the Vertical Section of the Acropolis (see Plan B
B, upper part).
_a'_, _b'_, _c'_, _d'_.--Lines of the Vertical Section through
the Tombs (see Plan B B, lower part).
[Illustration: _PLAN D._
Plan of the whole
CITY OF MYCENAE
_by Vasilios Drosinos
Lieutenant of Engineers_
]
[Illustration: PLAN E.
FAÇADE, PLAN, AND SECTION OF THE TREASURY NEAR THE LIONS' GATE.
VERTICAL SECTION ON A B.
PLAN OF THE TREASURY.
FAÇADE OF THE TREASURY.]
[Illustration: PLAN F.
THE FUNERAL ALTAR ABOVE THE FOURTH SEPULCHRE, SHOWING A VIEW OF THE
ALTAR, AND A PLAN AND SECTION OF THE ALTAR AND SEPULCHRE.
GROUND PLAN.
SECTION ON A B.
_THE SURFACE OF THE PLACE BEFORE THE EXCAVATIONS BEGAN._]
[Illustration: PLAN G.
PLAN AND SECTION OF THE TOMB SOUTH OF THE AGORA, IN THE ACROPOLIS OF
MYCENÆ.
<g>AGORA</g>
3rd TOMB
4TH TOMB
BENCH OF THE AGORA
THE DOUBLE PARALLEL CIRCLE
VERTICAL SECTION ON A B.
SURFACE OF THE GROUND BEFORE THE EXCAVATIONS
PLAN.
_a, b, j, r._--The place excavated.
_a._--(On _Plan and Section_.)
Place where the Jewels lay.
SECTION.
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