COPYRIGHT NOTICE

The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports has the copyright of the photographs of antiquities and of the actual antiquities that comprise the visual content of the photographs. [...] In the wake of his impressive discoveries, many generations of scholars have shouldered the heavy burden of legitimate archaeological research, the publication of excavation results, and the conservation and protection of the monumental remains of the place that gave its name to one of the most important civilizations in Greek prehistory. [...] The 12th century BC, characterized as the Post-Palatial Period, wasmarked by the dissolution of political cohesion, the dis- appearance of writing and the higher art forms, the abandonment of large centers, and the shifting of the population to regions considered safer than the previous powerful centers. [...] Certainly the heaviest loss is considered to be the abduction of parts of the relief semi-columns on the façade of the so-called Treasury of Atreus between 1807 and 1812, led by the Veli Pasha, governor of the Peloponnese and the second son of Ali Pasha of Ioannina. [...] Themain objective, however, is the educational dimension of the presentation, which is achieved with the help of supporting material and the latent represen- tations of the ind spots of important assemblages such as the ugly idols and the large fresco from the Religious Center, as well as the shape of the display cases for inds from the two royal grave circles.