The Mask of Agamemnon represents one of the greatest discoveries of modern times, as it verified that the Trojan War recounted in the Iliad actually happened.
German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann found the mask in 1876. He was an amateur archaeologist fascinated with ancient times and convinced he knew where the city of Troy was located. He took his life's fortune made in the import/export business and set for Troy, and found it. And it turned the Troy of Homer's Iliad from legend into history.
Although the way the mask was found is a great story, the truth is always the best.
Science later found that the mask was 300 years older than previously thought.
The general public, or general population, was so overcome with elation at the discovery of all this that once the true owner of the mask was revealed (by science, years later) they simply decided, en masse, that they would continue to call it the mask of Agamemnon.
Despite the findings of science, the public continues to call it the Mask of Denial, I mean the Mask of Agamemnon.
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