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 33), as well as the shaft-tombs (fig. 31) and the chamber-graves which were cut horizontally into the hillside.

 Under the head of art we can classify the archaic stone sculptures, such as the Lions' Gate at Mycenae (fig. 37), the engraved stones, and the inlaid and embossed work in metal. This work reached its perfection in the five inlaid dagger-blades (fig. 34) from the shaft-tombs at Mycenae, and the two embossed gold cups from the beehive tomb at Vaphio, near Sparta (fig. 38). While in these works may be seen some traces of Oriental influence, yet true originality and entire independence are shown in the decoration and painting of the Mycenaean