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Introduction to Greek Archaeology

Lecture 4: Prehistory and Minoans

 

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Map of Greece, Southern Italy and Sicily, East Greece and Crete

© David Gilman Romano

 

 

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Theseus Killing the Minotaur; Nikosthenes Painter, 540 B.C.

© Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Otis & Orcross Fund G0.1

 

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Rhyton in Form of a Bull; H. 0.15m, Koumasa, Crete, Early 2nd Millenium B.C.

© Heraklion, Archaeological Museum Y126

 

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Linear B Inscribed Tablets; W 0.024m, Knossos, 14th-13th Centuries B.C.

© Heraklion, Archaeological Museum 232

 

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Palace at Knossos; West Facade, Looking South [Partially Restored], ca. 1700 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano

 

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Bull Leaping Fresco; Palace at Knossos, ca. 1500 B.C.

© Heraklion, Archaeological Museum

 

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Light Well; Residential Quarter [Restored], Palace at Knossos, ca. 1500 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano

 

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Theater Area; Palace at Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano

 

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Road Leading from Knosses to Port; Palace at Knossos, ca. 1700 B.C.

© David Gilman Romano


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