GREECE CRETE HERAKLION HERAKLION MUSEUM

Above from left to right: Octopus flask from Palaiokastro; clay vase with marine decoration. Dated to the Late Minoan I B period. - Ivory models of a bird and a house facade. Found in Knossos and dated to the Late Minoan period (16th century BC). - Gaming board of the Neopalatial period (ca. 1600 BC). This superb piece of art has an ivory frame inlaid with rock crystal, faience, lapis lazuli, gold and silver leafs. It was found in the East Wing at the palace of Knossos.

Figurines of the goddess with upraised hands. - Above from left to right: 1) From the Shrine of the Double Axes, Knossos. - 2) Found at a shrine at Gazi, Heraklion, and dated to the 13th - 12th century BC. - 3) Figurine from Karphi; 12th - 11th century BC.

Below: The famous Agia Triada sarcophagus, dated to the Postpalatial period. On its long sides, the painted limestone depicts two processions.

Above from left to right: The narrow side of the Agia Triada sarcophagus shows a chariot driven by two women. - Late Minoan clay larnakes, 14th-12th century BC. - Fresco "the Lilies" from the Minoan villa at Archanes.
Below left: The fresco "La Parisienne" comes from the palace of Knossos. This delicate masterpiece is dated to 1500-1450 BC. - Below right: The fresco "Dancing Girl" comes from the Queen's megaron, also at the palace of Knossos.