Body shaped Mycenaean gold cut outs from Grave III, 'Grave of a Women', Grave Circle A, Myenae, Greece. National Archaeological Museum Athens. White Background.<br />
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Cat No 146. 16th century BC.<br />
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A unique gold body covering and face of an infant child mad out of pieces of gold foll<br />
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Shaft Grave III, the so-called 'Grave of the Women,' contained three female and two infant interments. The women were literally covered in gold jewelry and wore massive gold diadems, while the infants were overlaid with gold foil. .<br />
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