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Minoan Barbotine Jug
Image by Trustees of the British Museum

Minoan Barbotine Jug

A Minoan jug in the Barbotine style where decorative excrescenses were added to the vessel, 1850-1800 BCE from Knossos. (British Museum, London).
Minoan Stone Jug
Image by Mark Cartwright

Minoan Stone Jug

A Minoan alabaster jug, Crete, 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Minoan One-Handled Spouted Bowl
Image by Liana Miate

Minoan One-Handled Spouted Bowl

The vase bears a black-painted linear decoration. Middle Minoan I Period (2100-1800 BCE). Made from clay. (Hellenic Museum, Melbourne, Victoria).
Akrotiri Frescoes
Article by Mark Cartwright

Akrotiri Frescoes

The Bronze Age frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) provide some of the most famous images from the ancient Greek world. Sometime between 1650 and 1550 BCE Thera suffered a devastating earthquake which...
Zakros
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Zakros

Ideally situated in a sheltered gulf surrounded by mountains, Zakros (or Kato Zakros) in south-eastern Crete, was the fourth largest Minoan settlement after Knossos, Phaistos and Malia. The ancient name has been lost and the present one derives...
Minoan 'Procession Fresco' from Knossos
Image by Carole Raddato

Minoan 'Procession Fresco' from Knossos

Part of the reconstructed 'Procession Fresco' from Knossos showing five men walking to the right and carrying ceremonial vessels. They are dressed in kilts while their arms and legs are decorated with jewellery. Neopalacial period, 1600 -...
Minoan Jug in Floral Style
Image by Mark Cartwright

Minoan Jug in Floral Style

Late New-Palace period (1450 BCE) clay jug with distinctive leaf pattern, from Phaistos. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)
Minoan Double Axes
Image by Mark Cartwright

Minoan Double Axes

Gold votive double axes, New Palace period (1600-1450 BCE), Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. The double axe, also known as 'labrys', may be the origin of the labyrinth myth of Knossos.
Minoan Royal Villa at Knossos
Image by Carole Raddato

Minoan Royal Villa at Knossos

The Royal Villa is located northeast of the Palace of Knossos (Crete). It was built on the east slope of the hill of Knossos and consisted of a ground floor and two other floors which survive in relatively good condition.
Minoan Octopus
Image by Mark Cartwright

Minoan Octopus

A Minoan octopus, detail from a New-Palace period (1500-1450 BCE) Cretan Clay askos with 'Marine Style' decoration, (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)
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