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The most picturesque stećak of ancient
Bosnia (Zgošća near Kakanj), ascribed to medieval Bosnia. However, the stećak
does not feature any symbols from the medieval period. All ornaments on the
stećak originated in Antiquity: frequent antiquity motifs Leaf of Life and Tree of
Life(top), versus golden Leaves of Life, found in a female tomb at Mycenae,
Greece (1600 BCE), from Archaeological Museum in Istanbul (bottom). The
displayed stećak is from antiquity and not medieval, as seen from the fact that
stone slabs from the walls surrounding ancient city of Daorson near Stolac were
too made in the style found in the walls of the Greek city of Mycenae.
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