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![Minoan Woman Fresco, Knossos](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/676.jpg?v=1714288384)
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Minoan Woman Fresco, Knossos
A fresco detail from a banquet scene (known as 'La Parisienne') from Knossos, 1400-1350 BCE. The figure, in a robe and with a sacral knot at her neck, is perhaps a priestess. (Archaeological Museum, Heraklion)
![Phaistos](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/372.jpg?v=1725549011)
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Phaistos
Located on the fertile Mesara plain in central Crete, Phaistos has been inhabited since the Final Neolithic period (c. 3600-3000 BCE). The settlements greatest period of influence was from the 20th to 15th century BCE, during which time it...
![Minoan Bee Pendant](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/885.jpg?v=1718223188)
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Minoan Bee Pendant
A solid gold Minoan pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos near Malia, Crete, 1800-1700 BCE.
Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.
![Minoan Bull-leaping Fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8458.jpg?v=1697064303)
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Minoan Bull-leaping Fresco
Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.
![Minoan Stone Vases](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1390.jpg?v=1599308102)
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Minoan Stone Vases
A range of stone vessels from Minoan Crete, 15th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Herakllion, Crete).
![Minoan Female Figurine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16040.jpg?v=1655210908)
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Minoan Female Figurine
The figure is wearing a cylindrical skirt and is bringing her arms to her chest. Figurines of this type are known from Minoan shrines and are probably representing the Adorants. From Herakleion district, Crete. Late Minoan II-IIIA1...
![Minoan 'Ladies in Blue' Fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10671.jpg?v=1718223184)
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Minoan 'Ladies in Blue' Fresco
The 'Ladies in Blue' fresco is a recreated fresco from the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. It shows three women richly dressed and lavishly bejeweled depicted against a blue background. This fresco (or rather, fragments of it) was...
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Ancient Greece
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature...
![Minoan Rock-Crystal Vase](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1388.jpg?v=1618565412)
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Minoan Rock-Crystal Vase
A Minoan vase carved from rock-crystal, from Zakros on Crete, c. 1450 BCE. The collar includes gilded ivory discs and the handle is made from rock-crystal beads strung on bronze wire. The vessel was probably used to pour liquids in religious...
![Minoan Vase](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/682.jpg?v=1644941707)
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Minoan Vase
Late Minoan polychrome vase, mid-15th century BCE, from Isopata. (Archaeological Museum, Heraklion)