Images

New-Palace period (1500-1450 BCE) Cretan Clay askos with 'Marine Style' decoration, (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)

Inside the 'labyrinth' of the Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete, (c. 1500 BCE).

The Palace at Knossos, Crete, (c. 1500 BCE). A restored upper-level lightwell.

The Minoan palace at Knossos, Crete (c. 1500 BCE).

Late New-Palace period (1450 BCE) clay jug with distinctive leaf pattern, from Phaistos. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete)

The Minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE).

The Minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE). Perhaps an early theatre.

The minoan settlement of Phaistos archaeological site, Crete (2000-1400 BCE). A silo for grain storage.

The stone Kernos for food offerings of the collected harvest, the Minoan settlement of Malia, Crete (1650-1450 BCE).

The bouleuterion or meeting place for the city’s council of the Roman town of Gortyn, Crete (1st Century BCE).