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title: Minoan Bee Pendant
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/885/minoan-bee-pendant/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Minoan Bee Pendant

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Minoan Bee Pendant](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/885.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/885.jpg)

## Image Caption

A solid [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) [Minoan](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Minoan/) pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) cemetery at Chrysolakkos near [Malia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Malia/), [Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/crete/), 1800-1700 BCE.

Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.

#### Editorial Review

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## About the Author

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2012, September 16). Minoan Bee Pendant. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/885/minoan-bee-pendant/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Minoan Bee Pendant." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 16, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/885/minoan-bee-pendant/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Minoan Bee Pendant." *World History Encyclopedia*, 16 Sep 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/885/minoan-bee-pendant/>.

## License & Copyright

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