Vaphio
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They were found in a "bee-hive" tomb at Vaphio, an ancient site in Greece, not far from Sparta.
From Buried Cities, Volume 3 Mycenae by Jennie Hall
These serve to date, beyond all reasonable question, Periods III. 1-2 in Crete, the shaft-graves in the Mycenae circle, the Vaphio tomb, &c., to the 16th and 15th centuries B.C., and Period III.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Meanwhile at Vaphio, Enkomi, Knossos, and elsewhere the art is often excellent.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
The magnificent gold work of the later period, preserved to us at Mycenae and Vaphio, needs only to be mentioned.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
This coincidence has been observed not only at Cnossus, but previously, in connexion with discoveries of scarabs and other Egyptian objects made at Mycenae, Ialysus, Vaphio, &c.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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