Art and Literature <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece#Art_and_craftwork> -Mycenaeans were famous for their pottery. -The architecture of palaces and forts are great examples. -They also decorate their weapons with jewels and painted gold. -Frescoes are paintings during the Mycenaean age. -Represents wars, battles, the hunt and just every day life in Mycenae. -Funeral masks and amours were also forms of art in the Mycenaean world.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B> -Linear B consists of about 87 syllabic signs. -In addition, a large number of “signifying” signs that stand for objects that are never used as word signs in writing a sentence. -Researchers say that the script might have been used only by professional scribes.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece#Art_and_craftwork>
- Mycenaeans were famous for their pottery.
- The architecture of palaces and forts are great examples.
- They also decorate their weapons with jewels and painted gold.
- Frescoes are paintings during the Mycenaean age.
- Represents wars, battles, the hunt and just every day life in Mycenae.
- Funeral masks and amours were also forms of art in the Mycenaean world.
<http://ancienthistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/themightymycenaeans>
- Mycenaeans spoke an early form of Greek language.
- Their written language was called Linear B.
- Script appears to have been related to Linear A, used by the Minoans.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B>
- Linear B consists of about 87 syllabic signs.
- In addition, a large number of “signifying” signs that stand for objects that are never used as word signs in writing a sentence.
- Researchers say that the script might have been used only by professional scribes.
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