Ancient Crete

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Minoan clay pyxis (cylindrical vessel with lid), depicting a man in a long robe (possibly a priest)

bronze-age-aegean:Stone kernos. 3000-1900 BC.Found inMesara, Crete.Currently in the Archaeological M

Old and older.Fig tree in the grounds of the Palace of Knossos, Crete 2018.

Silver stater from the ancient Greek polis of Phaistos, Crete.  On the obverse, Heracles; on the rev

arthistry:Kamares jug from Phaistos, Crete.Made of terra-cotta. Beak-spouted.Made in 1900-1700 B.C.,

Crete, Archaeological Museum of Chania:Triclinium from the House of DionysosIn the large panel Diony

Minoan bronze dagger with gold hilt, Crete, circa 1800 BCHoused at the Heraklion Archeological Museu

Crete, Archaeological Museum of KissamosDionysiac Mosaic Floor[Found in] Antonios Skounakis plot (19

Small Minoan pithos of the Kamares Ware type, depicting fish caught in a net.  Artist unknown; ca. 1

Crete, Archaeological Museum of KissamosDionysiac Mosaic Floor[Found in] Antonios Skounakis plot (19

Crete, Archaeological Museum of ChaniaPanel with the legend of Dionysos and Ariadne of Naxos, from t

ancientgoatart:Wild-goat ritual vessel, clay. Porti (Messara [Crete]), perhaps 2500-2000 BC. Archaeo

Crete, Archaelogical Museum of Chania:Decorative, border details from the triclinium of the House of

triglifos-y-metopas:Taurokhatapsia (bull leaping), fresco.Palace of Knossos.Crete, Greece.1550-1450 

centuriespast:Late Bronze Age, about 1600 BCPlace of discovery:Knosos, Palace, sacred treasury-roo

Crete, Archaeological Museum of Kissamos:Dionysiac Mosaic Floor[Found in] Antonios Skounakis plot (1

archaeologion:Από τα ευρήματα των ανασκαφών είναι πλέον γνωστό ότι η περιοχή του Ακρωτηρίου κατοικήθ

gardenvarietycrime:“The flowers kept appearing, so vivid in such scintillating colours (Venetian red

historyoftheancientworld:Bronze helmet, late 7th century BC, Greek, Cretan. The Metropolitan Museum

ancientart:The Minoan palace of Knossos, Crete. With already a history of extensive human occupation

Hiding behind wall.Fortifications in Chania, Crete 2018.

Ancient Cretan tombstone of a woman , 500-490 B.C. Archaic period

adokal:Minoan jewellery, 20th-15th c. BCE. Heraklion Archeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Town Mosaics, faience and ivory plaques.Palace of Knossos.Crete, Greece.18th century B.C. (Middle Mi

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