Minoan Assets (239 in total)
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FBU7145153: "Blue bird" Fresco or "The blue bird of crete". Knossos, 1450 B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145270: Phaistos disc. Symbolic signs arranged in a spiral (A side), Early 17th Century BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250061: Minoen archeological site of Knossos. West wing; Aera called “Tripartite shrine” by A. Evans. Inside the shrine were found many religious objects such as clay tablets or clay seals impression possibly connected with the archive of a shrine. Knossos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250162: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos.North east complex. 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
FBU4250215: 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
FBU4250153: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos. Large pithoi (storage jar), found by the central court. Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145068: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145080: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145083: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250284: 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
LRI4660225: Minoan art: terracotta vase in the shape of a woman from the necropolis of Mallia in Crete. 2200-2000 BC. Dim. 16,4 cm Heraklion, archeological museum, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
STF267942: Excavations at the Minoan town of Kato Zakros, c.1600-1450 BC (photo), Minoan / Bridgeman Images
JLJ4688629: Greek Art: the large staircase of the Palace of Cnossos, Greece (photo), Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250313: 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
FBU7145047: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145050: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145065: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145077: Kato Zakros. Minoan archeological site. 17th-15th century B.C., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145266: Phaistos disc. Symbolic signs arranged in a spiral (A side), Early 17th Century BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU7145269: Phaistos disc. Symbolic signs arranged in a spiral (B side), Early 17th Century BC, Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250104: Minoan art. The “Dolphin Fresco”. The fresco decorared the wall or the floor of a Hall above the Queen megaron. Fresco reconstructed from fragments of the original work found in Knossos (1600 - 1450 BC). Archeological museum, Herakleion, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250170: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos.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
FBU4250198: Minoan archeological site of Phaistos.The queen's Megaron (ie the queen's apartments). The southernmost of the “” Royal Apartmentsof Phaistos. The floor were paved with Gypsum slabs and red plaster filling the interstice. Gypsum were also used for thr benches running around the walls. Two staircases led to the upper floor of the Megaron and the peristyle, where one of the main entrance of the “” Royal Apartment 'was located. Phaistos, Crete., Minoan / Bridgeman Images
FBU4250228: 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