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Minoan clay pyxis (cylindrical vessel with lid), depicting a man in a long robe (possibly a priest)

There’s always two sides to every story.The Minoan Phaistos Disc. And undeciphered artefact found on

arthistry:Kamares jug from Phaistos, Crete.Made of terra-cotta. Beak-spouted.Made in 1900-1700 B.C.,

fromthedust:details of Minoan frescos portraying the collection of crocus (saffron plant), with offe

antiquitystuff:A Minoan gold chained necklace with sealstones found recentlyin a tomb of an ancient

Small Minoan pithos of the Kamares Ware type, depicting fish caught in a net.  Artist unknown; ca. 1

Late Cycladic/Minoan jug with a painting of a bird.  Artist unknown; ca. 1600 BCE.  Now in the Natio

greek-museums:National Archaeological Museum/ Archaeological Site of Mycenae:Mycenaean textile ornam

last-of-the-romans:Minoan Frescoes from the Palace of Knossos.

triglifos-y-metopas:Taurokhatapsia (bull leaping), fresco.Palace of Knossos.Crete, Greece.1550-1450 

mostly-history:TheLadies Fresco at Akrotiri (Santorini, c. 1700 BC).Thisfresco, in two separate sect

gardenvarietycrime:“The flowers kept appearing, so vivid in such scintillating colours (Venetian red

Lotus seat.Artefact from the Minoan Period, Museum Heraklion, 2018.

greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of ThebesOffering gifts to the goddessMain element of the Mycena

Town Mosaics, faience and ivory plaques.Palace of Knossos.Crete, Greece.18th century B.C. (Middle Mi

met-greekroman-art:Agate Lentoid, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greek and Roman ArtFunds from various

met-greekroman-art:Chalcedony Disk, Greek and Roman ArtMedium: ChalcedonyGift of Arthur Sambon, 1912

Minoan nautical and floral ceramics The fourth piece in my Ancient Pottery Series :) See the rest he

sporadicq:Libation scene on the famous painted sarcophagus (dated to 1400 BC) found at Haghia Triada

A circular clay recipient. 1500 BCE.Photo by Jebulon

brooklynmuseum:“This little Minoan jug is so small and unassuming that I feel it often gets passed b

archaeologs:Jug from Thera, LC IA. 81⁄8 in (20.7 cm). Athens, National Archaeological Museum. Sheave

autreshorizons:Akrotiri, Thera

minoancorner:Goats fresco. 16th century BC. Room Beta 6, Building Beta, Akrotiri, Thera.Source

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