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LANDMARKS OF THE MYCENAEAN WORLD 9
yielded many Mycenaean vases; (3) at Thoricus, where the
first beehive tomb was opened in 1888 by the Ephor
Staes, who has now (1893 on) found remains of Mycenaean
and still earlier houses on the summit above the theatre,
and excavated some domed tombs of a novel form; (4)
in the Mesogeia, where the same archaeologist has discov-
ered and explored three Mycenaean cemeteries at Marko-
poulo, Brauron, and Prasiae; (5) at Aphidna (now Kapan-
driti), where Dr. Wide, a Swedish archaeologist, has explored
a burial-place of the same age; (6) at Eleusis, where bee-
hive tombs have been explored by the Ephor Philios; (7)
at Salamis (1893), where Mr. Kabbadias has explored a
cemetery of over a hundred (late) Mycenaean graves j and
finally at Aegina, where Mr. Staes • has recently excavated
prehistoric dwellings near the modern town, and found
much Mycenaean pottery of the earliest as well as more ad-
vanced types. To Aegina we must, no doubt, assign also
the mysterious " Mykenaean Treasure " lately acquired by
the British Museum.1
In Central Greece, undoubtedly the most important dis-
I covery is that of the prehistoric palace on the fortress-rock
of Gha or Goulas, rising out of the waters of
Lake Copais. This island fort (with very much Ameor'
the form but nearly thrice the area of Mycenae)
was explored by M. de Bidder and Herr Noack in 1893;
and its walls, gates, palace, and agora — the last a unique
datum — are now as fully in evidence as the
. Delphi
remains of Tiryns itself. At Delphi, also, M.
Homolle has made Mycenaean finds, — a small chamber-
tomb with Mycenaean vases, idols, bronze swords, razors,
and the like.
While Ithaca has not yet put in the clearest Mycenaean
1 Published by Mr. Evans in the Journal of Hellenic Studies (1893).
yielded many Mycenaean vases; (3) at Thoricus, where the
first beehive tomb was opened in 1888 by the Ephor
Staes, who has now (1893 on) found remains of Mycenaean
and still earlier houses on the summit above the theatre,
and excavated some domed tombs of a novel form; (4)
in the Mesogeia, where the same archaeologist has discov-
ered and explored three Mycenaean cemeteries at Marko-
poulo, Brauron, and Prasiae; (5) at Aphidna (now Kapan-
driti), where Dr. Wide, a Swedish archaeologist, has explored
a burial-place of the same age; (6) at Eleusis, where bee-
hive tombs have been explored by the Ephor Philios; (7)
at Salamis (1893), where Mr. Kabbadias has explored a
cemetery of over a hundred (late) Mycenaean graves j and
finally at Aegina, where Mr. Staes • has recently excavated
prehistoric dwellings near the modern town, and found
much Mycenaean pottery of the earliest as well as more ad-
vanced types. To Aegina we must, no doubt, assign also
the mysterious " Mykenaean Treasure " lately acquired by
the British Museum.1
In Central Greece, undoubtedly the most important dis-
I covery is that of the prehistoric palace on the fortress-rock
of Gha or Goulas, rising out of the waters of
Lake Copais. This island fort (with very much Ameor'
the form but nearly thrice the area of Mycenae)
was explored by M. de Bidder and Herr Noack in 1893;
and its walls, gates, palace, and agora — the last a unique
datum — are now as fully in evidence as the
. Delphi
remains of Tiryns itself. At Delphi, also, M.
Homolle has made Mycenaean finds, — a small chamber-
tomb with Mycenaean vases, idols, bronze swords, razors,
and the like.
While Ithaca has not yet put in the clearest Mycenaean
1 Published by Mr. Evans in the Journal of Hellenic Studies (1893).