Palace of Knossos and the Archeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete


Things you saw at the Palace of Knossos (15th Century BC) and the Archaelogical Museum of Heraklion, Crete.


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2 Oil jars

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5 Columns

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8 Palace background of Knossos

9 Water jars

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12 Dolphin paintings

13 Ubiquitous octopus

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15 Calendar

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17 What it was like in
the golden days
of Knossos

18 Oil jar with kelp

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23 Minoan swastica?

24 Minoan bathtub

25 Three positions of bullfighgters

26 Minoan procession

27 Dancing girls

28 Magnificant design

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30 Sarcophagus and the tree of life

31 Dolphins

32 fowls

33 life in the palace

34 Snake goddess

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37 Where did the
Christians get the idea of
the Holy Spirit
descending like doves?

38 Disc of Phaestos containing
the hieroglyphys
before Linear A

39 The reverse side

40 Linear B letters ares syllabic

41 private house in
Knossos

42 Linear A tablet.
Trade results in the
invention of letters

43 Linear B tablet

44 Linear B tablet

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