Minoan Collection (page 2)

Fresco of shields in the grand stairway at Knossos, 18th century BC
Fresco of shields in the grand stairway at the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, 18th century BC

Minoan terracotta figure of a lyre-player, 8th century BC
Orientalising period Minoan terracotta figure of a lyre-player from Arkades in Crete, now at the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion, Crete, 8th century BC

Minoan pottery shrine containing a goddess with raised arms. On the roof two human figures watch the goddess through the light-well

Fresco of the royal court of the Minoan palace at Knossos, 18th century BC
Fresco of the royal court of the Minoan palace at Knossos, watching a performance at the palace, 18th century BC

Buildings in the southern part of the Minoan Royal Palace at Knossos, 21st century BC

Minoan Poppy Goddess - note the poppy-heads on her crown - from a shrine at Gazi, near Heracleion on Crete. From the Archaeological Museum of Heracleion, Crete

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

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

Late Minoan sarcophagus, from Ierapetra on Crete

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

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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