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Minoan Jug in Floral Style
Late New-Palace period (1450 BCE) clay jug with distinctive leaf pattern, from Phaistos. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)
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Phaistos Panorama, Crete
The Minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE).
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Early Theatre, Phaistos, Crete
The Minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE). Perhaps an early theatre.
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Silo, Phaistos, Crete
The minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE). A silo for grain storage.
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Stone for harvest offerings
The stone Kernos for food offerings of the collected harvest, the Minoan settlement of Malia, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).
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Gortyn, Crete
The bouleuterion or meeting place for the city’s council of the Roman town of Gortyn, Crete (1st Century BCE).
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Malia, Crete
Hypostyle Hall with six pillars, the Minoan settlement of Mallia archaeological site, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).
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Dictean Cave, Crete
Dictean Cave, central Crete. Said to be the cave where Zeus was hidden as a baby.
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Minoan Rhyton
Stone rhyton (libation vase) in the form of a bull's head from the Minoan site of Knossos, New-Palace period (1600-1500 BCE), Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.
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Architrave, Capitolium, Brixia
Part of the remains of the Roman temple at Brixia (modern Brescia), Italy.
