Crete Collection (page 2)

Knossos, Crete, Greece - Minoan Palace
Greece, Crete, Knossos Reconstructed pillars in the Minoan Palace (circa 1500 BC) Date: 2014

MAP / EUROPE / GREECE / HOMER
Map of Ancient Greece, Phrygia and Crete at the time of Homer Date: BC

CRETAN SEA-TRADERS
Sea traders from ancient Crete

BRITISH IN CRETE
Crete : British troops evacuating the island are harassed by Italian air attacks Date: November 1940

Crete, Greece, Village of Komitadhes (Sfakia)
Crete, Greece, Village of Komitadhes (Komitades), Sfakia. Date: circa 1907

Crete - View of the South of the Island with moored warships Date: 1909

Chania (Kania) Mosque, Old Town, Crete. Date: circa 1920

Icarus and Daedalus flying. Engraving. Colored
Icarus and his father Daedalus flying. Engraving by Albrecht Durer, 1493. Colored

Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess

Minoan Art. The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Painted with scene
Minoan Art. Crete. The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Painted with scenes from Cretan life. Ritual. Bull sacrifice. Woman wearing a crown is carrying two vessels. A man playing a seven string lyre

Minoan Art. Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palac
Minoan Art. Island of Crete. The younger snake goddess, from the palace of Knossos. C. 1600 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Greece

Minoan art. Crete. Phaistos Disc, possibly dating to the middle or late Minoan Bronze Age (2nd millennium B.C.). Side A. Fired clay

Minoan art. Cyclades Islands. Naval expedition. Fresco
Minoan art. Cyclades Islands. Naval expedition. Fresh dated c.1550-1500 B.C. It comes from Akrotiri. Santorini. National Museum of Athens

Cretan Snake Goddess
The SERPENT GODDESS of ancient Crete, with her attendant lion and lioness

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey
Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1842 - 1918) oversaw a period of decline in the power and extent of the Empire, ruling from 31 August 1876 until he was deposed on 27 April 1909

Minoan art. Greece. Vessel. Palace Style. Schematic vegetal decoration. 1420 BC. Heraklion Museum. Creta

Divine Comedy. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil befor
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Twelfth Canto of Hell. Dante and Virgil before the opprobrium of Crete. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

The Palace of Minos at Knossos. 2100 BC. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace. Reproduction of frescoes of dolphins in the north wall of megaron or queens room. 1600-1400 B.C

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. ca. 1450 BC - 1400 BC. Painted terra-cotta. Ritual sacrifice of a calf. Minoan art / Cretan art. Late Minoan period. Painting. GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Iraklion

GREECE. CRETE. IRAKLION. Knossos. Knossos Palace. Storage pitchers. Minoan art / Cretan art. Ceramics

Officers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Group photograph of officers of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in Crete. The 1st Battalion were posted to Crete and Malta from 1907 to 1911. Date: C.1910

The Gortyn code, Gortyn, Crete, Greece
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete

Arrival of Alexandros Zaimis, High Commissioner of Crete
Arrival of Alexandros Zaimis (18551936) Greek Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete. He served as Prime Minister six times

Chania, Crete, Greece - Place Montenegrins. The Cafe Bosphore is testament to Ottoman control, from 1645 to the 1870s. Date: circa 1890s

Throne Room - Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete
Throne Hall - Palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete - excavated by Sir Arthur Evans. The frescoes have been heavily restored. Date: circa 1920s

Map / Crete / Minoan Sites
Map of Crete showing the principal Minoan sites

Palace of Prince George - Chania, Crete. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipe
Turkish Cretan men smoking a Nargile pipe

The arrival of Prince George at Chania, Crete
The arrival of Prince George of Greece, new High Commissioner of Crete at Chania. Although much of modern Greece had been independent since the 1820s, Crete remained in Ottoman hands

Knossos - Crete - Large storage jars
The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans at Knossos revealed a remarkable set of large Minoan storage jars, or pithoi. The compartments in the floor were for grain and produce

Theseus Slays Minotaur
The Minotaur, the monster kept by King Minos in his labyrinth on Crete and fed each year on the flesh of seven youths and seven maidens from Athens, is slain by Theseus

Crete. Palace of Paistos. Ruins
Greece. Island of Crete. Minoan civilization. Palace of Paistos. Bronze Age. Ruins

El Greco (1541-1614). Christ on the Cross Adored by Donors, 1576-1579. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

The Gortyn Code in Dorian dialect. 5th B. C
The Gortyn Code. Dorian writing on the wall of a Roman Odeon. 5th century B.C. Crete. Greece

Tower windmill, Crete. Greece. ca. 1850. Diorama. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Greece. Island of Crete. Overview of the northern coast

Minoan art. Palace of Knossos. Western stores. Pithoi or sto
Minoan art. Palace Complex of Knossos. (1700 BC-1450 BC). Overview of the Western stores. Pithoi or storage jars, used to store food. Island of Crete. Greece

Minoan art. Palace of Phaistos. Bronze Age. View of the steps. Propileo West. Central Creta

Large storage containers of fired clay were used for burials
Mediterranean Area. Large storage containers of fired clay were used for burials in Crete and other Greek islands. Imagens divine beings protected the dead person. 600 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Gyptotek

Vase with stylized representation of a soldier with spear and shield. Below, a circular border. 900-650 BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Crete. Greece

GRECO, Domenikos Theotokopulos, called El (1541-1614). The A
RENAISSANCE ART. SPAIN. GRECO, Domenikos Theotokopulos, called El (Candia, 1541-Toledo, 1614). Cretan painter, representative of the last phase of Mannerism. The Annunciation, 1600

GRECO, DomE?nikos TheotokU?pulos, called El (1541-1614). Ago
RENAISSANCE ART. SPAIN. GRECO, DomE?nikos TheotokU?pulos, called El (Candia, 1541-Toledo, 1614). Cretan painter, representative of the last phase of Mannerism. Agony in the garden, h. 1610-1612

Viololyra. XIX century. Heraklion. Crete. Greece
VIOLOLYRA dates from the interwar period. It comes from Heraklion (Crete). Museum of Greek Folk Instruments. Athens. Greece

Saint Titus, friend of Saint Paul who appointed him Bishop of Crete, giving him written instructions how to conduct himself Date: 1st century

French Galleys - Candia
French Galleys off Candia, Crete. Date: 1669

Cretan Insurrection / 1867
Insurrection in Crete Battle of Anugia Date: 12 January 1867

British Officers Playing Rounders in Suda Dockard
The Blockade of Crete: British Officers Playing Rounders in Suda Dockard. The Englishman must have his sport wherever he goes

Junkers Ju 523mw pair (aft) flying to Crete

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