A Guide to the Archaeological Museum of Heraclion |
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altar Amnisos amphora animals Archaeological beautiful belonging bull carved cave cemeteries characteristic clay colours Cretan Cretan civilization cups decoration discovered double axes Dreros East Crete Eastern Crete Eileithyia Eteocretan Evans excavations exhibited explored figure figurines fragments frescoes Geometric Goddess gold Gortys Gournes Gournia Hadzidakis Haghia Triadha harbour head Heraclion himation houses important interesting Island ivory jars jewels Kamares Style Knossian Knossos Room Lasithi libations lilies lion lower shelf Mallia Megaron Messarà MIDDLE-CASE miniature Minoan Civilization Minoan Period Mochlos Museum of Heraclion Mycenaean Neolithic Neopalatial Period Palace of Knossos Palace Style Palaika Palaikastro Phaestos phase Piet de Jong plastic polychrome Postpalatial Period pottery Prepalatial preserved probably Protopalatial Pseira relief representing rhyton rock crystal Roman Royal Villa sacred Sanctuary sarcophagi sarcophagus scene seals sepulchral spirals stand statue steatite stone vases tablets tripod Tylissos upper shelf vaulted tombs vessels Villa of Haghia votives WALL-CASE wearing Zeus