The
Mask of Agamemnon is an
artifact discovered at
Mycenae in 1876 by
Heinrich Schliemann. The artifact is a funeral mask made in
gold, and was found over the face of a body located in a
burial shaft, designated Grave V, at the site "
Grave Circle A, Mycenae". Schliemann believed that he had discovered the body of the legendary
Greek leader
Agamemnon, but modern archaeological research suggests that the mask is from 1550–1500 BC, earlier than the life of Agamemnon, as tradition regards it.