Vaphio

American  

[vah-fee-oh, vah-fyaw] / ˈvɑ fiˌoʊ, vɑˈfjɔ /

Or Vafio

noun

1. an archaeological site in S Greece, in Peloponnesus.

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile at Vaphio, Enkomi, Knossos, and elsewhere the art is often excellent.

From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew

Its gems and intaglio works in gold are known to us from the finds at Mycenae, and at analogous sites, such as Menidi, Vaphio and Ialysus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various

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

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