The wall paintings from the West House at Mycenae are discussed in relation to their context within the building. Their iconography and stylistic details are ex

House X is by far the largest and best appointed of the Minoan houses excavated at Kommos in south-central Crete, a Minoan harbor and settlement that later beca

Originally published in 1978 by Penguin Books.

Consists of 20 chapters in 2 parts; pt. 1 contains chapters on Aegean prehistory and the East and pt. 2 contains chapters on classical Greece, Etruria, and Rome

Knossos is one of the most important sites in the ancient Mediterranean. It remained amongst the largest settlements on the island of Crete from the Neolithic u