First Image Quiz

Artworks from ancient Greece

what is it, what it's called, when it was made, where it was made (or, if that's not known, where it was found), what it was made out of.

Reconstruction drawing of the “Weisses Haus” (“White House”) on Aegina.

Two-story corridor house with tiled roof,

Early Helladic II (ca. 2400-2300 BCE).

Stone, mudbrick, and ceramic tile

what is it, what it's called, when it was made, where it was made (or, if that's not known, where it was found), what it was made out of.

Female figurine of the Spedos type from the Cyclades (exact provenance unknown),

Early Cycladic II (ca. 2600-2400 BCE).

Marble.

what is it, what it's called, when it was made, where it was made (or, if that's not known, where it was found), what it was made out of.

“Snake goddess” from Knossos,

Middle Minoan III (ca. 1600 BCE).

Faience

what is it, what it's called, when it was made, where it was made (or, if that's not known, where it was found), what it was made out of.

Fresco in Minoan style depicting bull-leaping and labyrinth (?)

motif from Avaris, Egypt,

18th Dynasty (16th century BCE).

Pigment on wall plaster.

what is it, what it's called, when it was made, where it was made (or, if that's not known, where it was found), what it was made out of.

Dagger blades with Egyptian-style Nile scenes, lions, and a lion hunt

from the Shaft Graves at Mycenae,

Late Helladic I (ca. 1550-1500 BCE).

Bronze inlaid with gold and silver and detailed with niello technique.