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clay, and are formed either to represent a cow or a female with horns. Most 

 of them are ornamented with bright red paintings, and the women are 

 represented with full breasts, nnder which protrude long horns, which 

 unite and form a semi-circle. There were also found twelve other figures 

 of Juno, the bodies shaped like quoits, the heads uncovered and without 

 horns; hair hanging down the back in a plait; also, some figures with 

 heads like birds, with large eyes and hands clasped on their breasts. A 

 doll, about five and one-half inches high, representing a very ugly old 

 woman, probably a priestess, was also found. Grlass and iron were known 

 to the Mycenseans in very ancient times, as at a depth of ten feet a pierced 

 glass bead and many articles of a glass-like substance, something like but- 

 tons, were found; the latter were probably used to ornament doors, etc. In 

 iron were found two daggers and two keys of very curious construction. 

 One of the keys, about five inches in length, has at one end a copper ring 

 for suspension; also, two weil-preserved bronze knives, one of which has 

 part of a bone handle; and two arrows with pyramidal points, resembling 

 some Carthagenian arrows found by Dr. Schliemann while excavating in 

 Sicily last year; also, five finely polished stone axes and a small but thick 

 quoit of baked clay, with a deep grove around it, in which a string was tied 

 to hang it up by. One side of this quoit is quite smooth and many symbols 

 of holy fire, often met with in Troy, are graved on it. In the same place 

 hundreds of spindles, nearly all made of beautiful .blue stone, without any 

 ornament, were found. 



It appears that the Mycenseans were musicians, as fragments of a finely 

 ornamented lyre and of a flute made of bone have been found; also, frag- 

 ments of a crystal vase and a wooden comb. Very often are found smooth 

 pieces of dry clay, with painted or graven ornaments, which were probably 

 used to decorate the inner walls of houses. 



At a depth of from ten to eleven and a half feet (sometimes at six and 

 a half feet) cyclopean houses are discovered; they are built of rough stones, 

 without lime or earth, and stand sometimes at a depth of twenty feet on the 

 solid rock. More remarkable here than even at Tyrius are the aqueducts. 

 There they are cut in the natural rock, while here they are built on the 

 ground. They are of stones, roughly hewn, and without lime. It is impos- 

 sible to conceive how the water ran along without escaping through the 

 crevices. 



Still further on have been found many graves, as seen by the large slabs 

 of limestone which mark each tomb. Some of these tablets are plain, others 

 have anaglyphs of priceless value to the archaeologist. A remarkable one 

 has carved in the centre a warrior, lance in hand, standing on a chariot 

 drawn by a horse, whose widely-extended legs show his great speed; the 

 wheels of the chariot have four spokes, forming a cross; below is seen a 

 stag pursued by a dog; on either side are very strange ornaments, having 

 probably a symbolical meaning. On another slab there is also a warrior 

 standing on a chariot; in hi? left hand he holds a broadsword, in his right 

 a long lance, which is piercing the neck of a fantastic wild animal which is 

 running very quickly, and much resembles the lions on the gate. The dif- 

 ference is that this beast has horns and his tail erect; but as the lions' heads 

 are wanting, who knows if they were not also horned? In front of the 

 animal stands a man with a large knife; with his left hand he holds the 

 right horn of the beast, which partly conceals the horse in the chariot. 

 Behind the chariot is a curious device, and another above the beast. Prob- 

 ably these, also, have symbolical meanings. Above the anaglyph there 

 are exquisite ornaments, consisting of spiral lines. Each tablet is about 

 four feet square and six inches thick. 



