Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age

by K. Demakopoulou et al. (Thames & Hudson 1999)

Published to accompany a major exhibition, this wonderfully well illustrated volume includes more than 250 objects from sites in 23 European countries. The greatest achievements of Bronze Age artists in bronze, gold, silver, glass, faience and more are brought together in the form of armor, weaponry, ceramics, Cycladic figures, jewelry and horse trappings. Topics include "Adventurers, Artisans and Travelers" with a section on shipwrecks in the Eastern Mediterranean; "The Heroes and Their Palaces" with sections on the image of Bronze Age man and horses in the Bronze Age"; The Heroes: Life and Death; The World of the Gods in the Bronze Age" with a section on Cycladic marble idols; and "The Birth of Europe" with a section on seals and sealings in the Bronze Age Aegean and the Trojan war.

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