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Minoan figurine pictures collection from greek museums
Each thumbnail photo is a link to a larger version of the same
photograph.
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Knossos snake goddess. Faience statuette from the
Temple Repositories in the palace of Knossos. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Knossos female figure. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Knossos earth goddess. Herakleion Archaeological Museum. |
Knossos female goddess. Herakleion Archaeological
Museum. |
Clay female statuette in praying posture. Herakleion
Archaeological Museum |
Koumasa vessel. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Two male and one female figurine. From Sitia. Old
Palace period (1800-1700 BC). Herakleion Archaeological Museum. |
The priceless Bull's head rhyton from the Little
Palace of Knossos. This magnificent libation vessel was carved from a
block of black steatite, with horns of gilded wood, eyes of inlaid rock
crystal and jasper and nostrils of mother-of-pearl. Late Minoan II period (1450 BC.).
Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Praying statues with upraised arms comes from the
Shrine of the Double Axes in the Palace of Knossos. Postpalatial
period 13th cent. B.C. Herakleion Archaeological Museum |
Goddess of fertility. Clay statuettes. Herakleion Archaeological Museum. |
