Mycean Gold

Spent the afternoon in the National Archaeological Museum learning about the history of Greek art and sculpture from Greek antiquity. The Mycean Gold from the grave circles at Mycanae was the most fascinating. The death masks are the most famous, the photograph supposedly being the face of Agamemnon. There were hundreds of beautiful amulets, pieces of jewellery and gold cups all thousands of years old. Some of the designs were simple and could quite easily have been taken for contemporary apart of course for the quality of the craftsmanship.

Stopped for a snack and a drink in the gardens outside the museum where we were served by a waiter who had studied town and county planning at Oxford Brookes. The world isn't really that big!