GREECE CRETE HERAKLION HERAKLION MUSEUM

Above right: The "Lioness Head Rhyton". This vase of alabaster, dated to the Neopalatial period, was found in the Central Treasury of Knossos. - Above left and below: Late Minoan Linear B tablets from Knossos.

Above and below left: Late Minoan Linear B tablets from Knossos. - Below right: Clay model of the Neopalatial / Postpalatial period showing a ritual dance. It was found in a vaulted tomb at Kamilari.

Above left: Idol of a goddess carrying the young god. This clay figurine, dated to the Neopalatial / Postpalatial period, comes from Knossos. - Above right: Famous libation vessel from the palace at Zakros; Neopalatial period (1700-1450 BC).

Above from left to right: Bones from a Minoan cemetery. - Tube from a shrine at Kania, Gortyn; 13th century BC. - Ritual Double Axe with duplicated blades from the palace at Zakros. It is dated to the Neopalatial period (1700 - 1450 BC).

Below left: Ivory object and swords from the tombs at Sanatorion, Knossos; 14th century BC. - Below right: Gold jewelry from the tholos tombs A and D at Phourni, Archanes; 14th century BC.

Below from left to right: Large vase with marine decoration (octopus) from the palace at Zakros; Neopalatial period. - Pithos with bull motive. - Detail of vase with spiral pattern.