Crete Collection (page 4)

Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, 15th century BC
Minoan Linear B tablet from Knossos, Crete, in the Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete. Linear B is a syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek

Phaestos Disc, from Minoan Royal Palace at Phaestos, 20th century BC
The Phaestos Disc, from the Minoan Royal Palace at Phaestos. The inscription in hieroglyphs has not yet been deciphered, and its authenticity is sometimes doubted

Detail of a Minoan sarcophagus from Crete
Detail of a Minoan sarcophagus from Ayia Triada on Crete. It depicts two priestesses pouring libations at an altar (note the double-axes) while a musician in female dress plays a seven-stringed lyre

Bronze bust of the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, 20th century
Bronze bust of Sir Arthur Evans (8 July 1851 - 11 July 1941), who excavated the Minoan palace at Knossos, in the west courtyard of Knossos

Minoan Royal palace at Knossos on Crete

Children fishing in the harbour of Khania on Crete

Gateway of the monastery of Agia Triadha, 17th century
Gateway of the monastery of Agia Triadha and the seventeenth century bell-tower, on the Akrotiri Peninsual in Northern Crete, 17th century

Motorcycle in the street in Khania

Pillar-crypt of the Minoan Royal palace at Mallia, Bronze Age
Pillar-crypt of the Minoan Royal palace at Mallia. Note the double-axe motifs incised on the far central pillar, Bronze Age

Treasure room of the Minoan palace at Zakro, 20th-15th century BC
Treasure room of the Minoan palace at Zakro. The room is c. 3m x 2.5m and had eight large caese separated by thin brick walls

Libation table in a Minoan palace, 21st-18th century BC
Libation table near the central court of a Minoan palace at Mallia on Crete, 21st-18th century BC

Wall painting of a Saint in heaven, 13th century
Wall painting from the church of the Paniya Kera Kritsa in Crete of a Saint in heaven, 13th century

Wall painting of St Gregory, 13th century
Wall painting of St Gregory from the church of the Paniya Kera Kritsa in Crete, 13th century

Tholos tomb on Crete, 21st century BC
A megalithic tholos tomb near Phaestos on Crete, 21st century BC

Venetian fortress in Heracleion, 16th century
Venetian fortress in Heracleion from across the harbour, which fell to the Turks in 1669 AD

Saint Minas in Herakleion, 19th century
Cathedral of Saint Minas in Herakleion in the early evening, 19th century

Late Minoan sarcophagus, from Ierapetra on Crete

Street in Ierapetra, Crete

Site of the Minoan town of Gournia, which flourished between the 17th and 12th centuries BC, and was excavated by Harriet Boyd

The Cave of Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth, on Crete, with a fig tree (symbol of fertility) at the entrance to the cave

House in the Minoan town at Akrotiri, 15th century BC
House in the Minoan town at Akrotiri, covered in the volcanic eruption of c. 1450 BC by volcanic ash

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