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    3387436; 25.1369119 The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece and the best...
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    of the most significant archaeological sites in Greece, second only to the Parthenon in terms of visitor numbers. Heraklion was Europe's fastest growing...
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    (also Mallia) is a Minoan and Mycenaean archaeological site located on the northern coast of Crete in the Heraklion area. It is about 35 kilometers east...
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    imitations. Gallery of pieces from Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Kamares vases in Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete (photo by Bernard Gagnon)...
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    Zakros (section Archaeology)
    housed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Some items, given to Hogarth by the Cretan government, are housed at the Ashmolean Museum. Wikimedia Commons...
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    use to a period between the 7th century BC and the 3rd century BC. Archaeological finds suggest that worship of Demeter and Persephone was widespread...
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    Malia Pendant (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    they were eating it. The Malia Pendant is on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, on the island of Crete in Greece. It is probably the single...
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    La Parisienne (fresco) (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    Palatial Period, c. 1450–1350/1300 B.C., and is currently in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. List of Aegean frescos A. Evans, The Palace of Minos at Knossos...
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    Prince of the Lilies (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    of Crete. The mostly reconstructed original is now in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH), with a replica version at the palace which includes...
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    pottery tradition. The most comprehensive collection is in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum on Crete. The traditional chronology for dating Minoan civilization...
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    usual. The largest and best collection of Minoan art is in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum ("AMH") near Knossos, on the northern coast of Crete. Many...
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    Bull-Leaping Fresco (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    depicting the handling of bulls. Arthur Evans, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, owner of the palace and director of excavation, presents the topic in Chapter...
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    Arkalochori Axe (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    Arkalochori axe and the Phaistos Disc are exhibited at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Galleries V and VII, respectively). They share some symbols...
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    Hagia Triada Sarcophagus (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete in 1903 and now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH) in Crete, Greece. Uniquely for such a piece from this...
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    Minoan snake goddess figurines (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    about the Minoans he drew from the archaeology. The figures are now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH). The Knossos figurines, both...
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    Minoan times, found at Chryssolakkos and now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, is an example of high-quality gold-smithery. Kamares ware...
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    conventions". The largest and best collection of Minoan art is in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum ("AMH") near Knossos, on the northern coast of Crete. Minoan...
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    statue of a young boy found in Ierapetra (1st century BC) in Heraklion Archaeological Museum Napoleon's residence The promenade The church of Agia Fotini...
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    last few years). There are museums throughout Crete. The Heraklion Archaeological Museum displays most of the archaeological finds from the Minoan era...
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    Greece); Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Greece) The Malia Pendant; 1800-1700 BC; gold; height: 4.6 cm, width: 4.9 cm; Heraklion Archaeological Museum The...
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    Statue of syncretic Goddess Persephone - Isis with a sistrum, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete...
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    Poppy goddess (category Heraklion (regional unit))
    period (LM III, 1400–1100 BC) at Gazi, Crete, and is now in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. The name comes from the shape of the terminals of opium poppy...
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    Gournia (section Archaeology)
    the site. Many of the archaeological finds from Gournia are held at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum and a few at the Penn Museum. The main town of Gorunia...
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    Phaistos Disc (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    manufacture remain disputed. It is now on display at the archaeological museum of Heraklion. The name is sometimes spelled Phaestos or Festos. The disk...
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    Harvester Vase (category Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
    "palace" of the Minoan civilization in Crete. It is now in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, and is an important example of Minoan art from the Neopalatial...
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  • near the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, Greece. It was founded by the Municipality of Heraklion in May...
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    thoroughly devastated it was never reoccupied. Candia (Chandax, modern Heraklion), a city built by the Andalusian Muslims, was made capital of the island...
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    Rhyton (category Archaeological artefact types)
    common, for several have been recovered from the great palaces (Heraklion Archaeological Museum). One of the oldest examples of the concept of an animal figure...
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    "Archanes formula" of 2–3 signs. Hieroglyphic A (best represented in archaeological records; similar to Archanes, but images of animals are reduced to heads...
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    of house styles List of house types List of real estate topics Open-air museum Schoenauer, Norbert (2000). 6,000 Years of Housing (rev. ed.) (New York:...
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