Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . boulders,but the stones remain, and they would be Tiryns even ifnothing of the galleries and casemates remained. Inpoint of fact, however, very much remains in practi-cally perfect condition, except, of course, that thewhole of the plaster that originally covered up therough stones, and filled up the gaps between them, haslong disappeared. The result of the excavations of 1884 and 1885 wasthe discovery of the ground plan of a palace within thewalls, placed on the top of the long rock, sixty feetabove the plain. Its e
Ægean archæeology; an introduction to the archæeology of prehistoric Greece . boulders,but the stones remain, and they would be Tiryns even ifnothing of the galleries and casemates remained. Inpoint of fact, however, very much remains in practi-cally perfect condition, except, of course, that thewhole of the plaster that originally covered up therough stones, and filled up the gaps between them, haslong disappeared. The result of the excavations of 1884 and 1885 wasthe discovery of the ground plan of a palace within thewalls, placed on the top of the long rock, sixty feetabove the plain. Its entrance gate, with doorposts andthreshold of breccia, is as huge as are the plan of the palace itself shews that it was a build-ing of later date than the wall-framework, and quitelately renewed excavations have brought to light theremains of a much earlier palace.^ At Tiryns Schlie-mann found the famous kyanos-frieze, the remains ofa carved alabaster slab-decoration inlaid with hard blueglass, which at once was identified as the Homeric* Seep. 131. PLATE VII.
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