Minoan Assets (239 in total)
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FBU7145097: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145109: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250083: Minoan art. Bull 's-head rhyton. This rhyton was found in the small palace of Knossos. It is a characteristic example of Minoan stone carving of the early Neopalatial period. It is a libation vase, which was filled with the appropriate liquid through a hole in the neck and emptied through another hole on the muzzle. This rhyton imitates a bull, the most important animal in Minoan religion. 1550-1500 BC. Archological mueum of Herakleion, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250205: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. part of the North east complex. Complex of four rooms directly adjoining the old palace. These rooms were used to store valuable ritual vessels. The famous “” Phaistos disc”” bearing hieroglyphic writing was found here with other clay tablets inscribed in linear A. There are also Potter's Workshop as a large number of unfinished pots were found here. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250214: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. View over a “” Bench shrine”” of the West wing. The “” bench Shrine”” was a small and rectangular room with low benches running round the walls to support cult objects and figurine of the deity. On some of them were found female figurine, ritual vessels, and “” offering tables”” (small altar). Phaistos, Crete?, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250327: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Staircase starting in the west court and leadind to The Propylaea, the principal and the most impressive entrance to the new palace and steps which formed the seats of the theatral area, used for religious event and festivals. (1700-1450 BC). Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145264: Goddess with upraised arms and bird symbols on her head, 1200-1100 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250027: Oriental part of the palace of the King Minos at Knossos between the queen megaron and the central court. Crete. 1600-1450 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250078: Minoan art. The “Bull-Leaping” Freso. Bull leaping scene depicting how this sport was performed. The fresco was found on the east side of the palace of Knossos, 1600- 1400 BC. Archeological Museum of Herakieon, Ccrete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250260: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The west magazines. Large complex of the palace storerooms. It consists of the antechamber, the corridor of the storerooms, and the storerooms themselves. To right and left of the corridor were 11 magazines in which the goods of the palace were stored. The column insde supported the roof. The antechamber opens off the central court and under the floor of the antechamber was discovered the Archive Room of the Old Palace (1900-1700 BC) containing over 6000 clay sealings, ie impressions on balls of clay which were used to monitor the use of the goods in the magazines., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250031: Oriental part of the palace of the King Minos at Knossos between the queen megaron and the central court. Crete. 1600-1450 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250148: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The west magazines. Large complex of the palace storerooms. It consists of the antechamber, the corridor of the storerooms, and the storerooms themselves. To right and left of the corridor were 11 magazines in which the goods of the palace were stored. The column insde supported the roof. The antechamber opens off the central court and under the floor of the antechamber was discovered the Archive Room of the Old Palace (1900-1700 BC) containing over 6000 clay sealings, ie impressions on balls of clay which were used to monitor the use of the goods in the magazines., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250240: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. General view of the central court from the shrines of the west wing. The central court is a basic architectural element of Minoen palace. It is a core around which the different wing are set. This central court was built in the time of the old palace (1900-1700 BC). It was also use in the New Palace. The central court was used for economic, social and religious activities of the palace. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250275: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The west magazines. Large complex of the palace storerooms. It consists of the antechamber, the corridor of the storerooms, and the storerooms themselves. To right and left of the corridor were 11 magazines in which the goods of the palace were stored. The column insde supported the roof. The antechamber opens off the central court and under the floor of the antechamber was discovered the Archive Room of the Old Palace (1900-1700 BC) containing over 6000 clay sealings, ie impressions on balls of clay which were used to monitor the use of the goods in the magazines., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250297: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. View over the North East Complex. Complex of four rooms directly adjoining the old palace. These rooms were used to store valuable ritual vessels. The famous “” Phaistos disc”” bearing hieroglyphic writing was found here with other clay tablets inscribed in linear A. There are also Potter's Workshop as a large number of unfinished pots were found here. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145056: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145059: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145062: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145071: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145128: Minoan Chest larnax decorated with horns of consecration, 1370-1250 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250023: Oriental part of the palace of the King Minos at Knossos between the queen megaron and the central court. Crete. 1600-1450 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250202: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. General view of the west wing shrines along the central court from the north wing. There were two types of shrine: “Bench shrine” and “Lutral Basin””. The “” bench Shrine”” was a small and rectangular room with low benches running round the walls to support cult objects and figurine of the deity. On some of them were found female figurine, ritual vessels, and “” offering tables”” (small altar). The “” Lustral Basin”” type was a room lower than the founding structures, with a few steps leading down into them. It was used for purification rituals., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250290: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. General view of the west wing shrines along the central court from the north wing. There were two types of shrine: “Bench shrine” and “Lutral Basin””. The “” bench Shrine”” was a small and rectangular room with low benches running round the walls to support cult objects and figurine of the deity. On some of them were found female figurine, ritual vessels, and “” offering tables”” (small altar). The “” Lustral Basin”” type was a room lower than the founding structures, with a few steps leading down into them. It was used for purification rituals., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250330: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Staircase starting in the west court and leadind to The Propylaea, the principal and the most impressive entrance to the new palace (1700-1450 BC). Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250021: Minoen archeological site of Knossos. Minoen art “Prince of the Lilies”” fresco. South entrance. Copy of a relief wall painting of which a few fragments were found. The reconstruction here is uncertain. The fragments of the original painting are in the archeological museum of Heraklion. Knossos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250156: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. The west magazines. Large complex of the palace storerooms. It consists of the antechamber, the corridor of the storerooms, and the storerooms themselves. To right and left of the corridor were 11 magazines in which the goods of the palace were stored. The column insde supported the roof. The antechamber opens off the central court and under the floor of the antechamber was discovered the Archive Room of the Old Palace (1900-1700 BC) containing over 6000 clay sealings, ie impressions on balls of clay which were used to monitor the use of the goods in the magazines., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250181: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Gateway of the north wing opening off the central court. The north wing is the most important wing of the palace because it is believed to have housed the “” Royal Apartments””. Gateway leading to the complex of the “” Royal Apartments. Behind the gateway is a wide corridor with a drainage duct leading to an inner court yard next to the Royal Apartments. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250223: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. General view of the central court from the shrines of the west wing.The central court is a basic architectural element of Minoen palace. It is a core around which the different wing are set. This central court was built in the time of the old palace (1900-1700 BC). It was also use in the New Palace. The central court was used for economic, social and religious activities of the palace. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145044: Clay bull's head rhyton from Knossos-Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145125: Minoan Chest larnax decorated with horns of consecration, 1370-1250 BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
