Exotic objects from Grave Circle A, Mycenae. 16th century B.C. The royal graves contained remarkable artifacts and jewelry, made of imported materials, such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amber" class="extiw" title="w:amber">amber</a> (resin from the petrified Baltic pine-forests), semi-precious stones (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carnelian" class="extiw" title="w:carnelian">carnelian</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/amethyst" class="extiw" title="w:amethyst">amethyst</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz" class="extiw" title="w:Quartz">rock crystal</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ivory" class="extiw" title="w:ivory">ivory</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ostrich_egg" class="extiw" title="w:ostrich egg">ostrich eggs</a>, and artificial materials from Egypt or the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant" class="extiw" title="w:Levant">Syro-palestinian</a> coast (glass paste and faience, the latter made by coating material of powdered quartz with a vitreous alkaline glaze).
<p>25. Ostrich-egg rhyta with faience rims and gold bases. One has applied dolphins on the body. These natural eggs were embellished in Minoan Cretan workshops. Graves IV, and V. Inv. no. 828, 567, 552.
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