- Aegean: sea between Greece and Asia Minor
- Cyclades: group of islands in Aegean Sea
- Cyclopean wall: constructed of gigantic irregular blocks
- Grave Circle A: Mycenaen tombs of kings and families
- Knossos: Minoan capital city
- Pausanias: Greek traveler and guidebook author
- Schliemann: excavator of Troy and Mycenae
- Sir Arthur Evans: excavated on Crete
- Thera(Santorini): volcanic island with Minoan ruins
- Tiryns: Mycenaean fortified city
- citadel: fortress that commands a city
- corbeled vault: constructed of overlapping stone courses
- dromos: the passage into a beehive tomb
- krater: bowl for mixing wine and water
- labyrinth: intricate plan and scores of rooms; like a maze
- megaron: rectangular reception hall with columnar facade vestibule
- niello: black metallic alloy
- relieving triangle: an area above a lintel designed to lighten the load
- repousse': metalworking technique
- tholos: ancient circular tomb