Pair of gold earrings – Aspects of Beauty

From Mycenae, Grave Circle A, Shaft Grave III, (“Grave of the Women”).
Second half of 16th c. BC.
(EAM/NAM Π 61)

Excellent example of the creto-mycenean tradition decorated both in repoussé decoration and granulation. Women in the frescoes from Akrotiri at Thera wear similar earrings.