Ancient Athletics

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Map of Crete

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Air photograph of Minoan Palace at Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

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Ground plan of Minoan Palace at Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

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Bull Leaping Fresco Knossos., ca. 1700 B.C.

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Bull Leaping restoration, "Evan's Schema"

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Bull Leaping restoration, "Diving Leaper"

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Gold Minoan signet ring, ca. 1700 B.C.

Archanes, Crete Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Terracotta Minoan Libation Vessel, ca. 1900 B.C.

Herakleion Archaeological Museum, #4126 L: 0.205 m.

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Horns of Consecration, Architectural decoration, Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

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Fresco of Dancing Scene in grove Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

Herakleion Archaeological Museum

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Theatral Area Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano

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Relief Rhyton of steatite, Hagia Triada, ca. 1700 B.C.

Herakleion Archaeological Museum

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Relief Rhyton (drawing)

Hagia Triada, ca. 1700 B.C.

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Fresco of Boxing Boys Thera, before 1628 B.C.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens

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Attic Black Figure scene, Theseus and the Minotaur ca. 540 B.C.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Map, Centers of Mycenaean Civilization

G.E. Mylonas, Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age, 1966, p. 2

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View of Mycenae from the east

© David Gilman Romano

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Air photograph of the citadel of Mycenae

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Illustrated London News

February 3, 1877

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Lion Gate, Mycenae, ca. 1250 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano

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Grave Circle A at Mycenae, reconstruction drawing

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Grave Stele, Mycenae, ca. 1600 B.C. Representation of chariot

National Archaeological Museum, Athens # 1428

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Fragment of Mycenaean vase, ca. 1300-1200 B.C. Boxing scene

British Museum C334. H: 0.196 m