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Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1400 B.C
Minoan Columns taper from top to bottom, opposite of Egyptian and Greek Columns |
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| Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE. Fresco 2'8" high, including border. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. |
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| Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera, Cyclades, ca. 1650 B.C. NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, ATHENS |
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Marine-style octopus jar, from Palaikastro, ca. 1500 B.C.
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Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete, ca. 1500 B.C. STEATITE, GREATEST DIAMETER APPROX. 5". ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION.
Note: First to represent the underlying muscular and skeletal structure |
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| Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1600 B.C. FAIENCE (low fired opaque glasslike silicate), APPROX. 1' 1 1/2" HIGH. ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, HERAKLEION |
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| Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C. LIMESTONE, RELIEF PANEL APPROX. 9' 6" HIGH |
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| Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 B.C |
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Treasury of Atreus: Vault of tholos
1300-1250 BCE |
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| Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 BCE. Beaten Gold, 1' high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. |
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| Geometric Krater, from the Dipylon cemetery, Athens, Greece, ca. 740 BCE. 3'4 and 1/2 high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. |
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