"Mask of Agamemnon" gold funeral mask
Athens picture - The Athens Archaeological Museum. Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876, from royal tombs on the acropolis of Mycenae. Schliemann thought he had discovered the tomb of Agamemnon, Homer's great king figure. However Schliemann was unfortunately four centuries out, this tomb dating from 400 years after the events of the Trojan War.