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Ornamental double-axe (labrys)                         
(1700-1600 BCE) from Crete.                            
Such cult axes were fixed to a base                    
and placed in sanctuaries.
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Ornamental double-axe (labrys) (1700-1600 BCE) from Cre...

Pendant with golden bees (17th-16th BCE)               
from Mallia (royal necropolis), Crete.
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Pendant with golden bees (17th-16th BCE) from Mallia (royal necro...

A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase".         
Black steatite (1500 BCE)                              
from a villa at Hagia Triada near                      
the palace of Phaestos, Crete.
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A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase". Black steatite (1500 BCE...

A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase".         
Black steatite (1500 BCE)                              
from a villa at Hagia Triada near                      
the palace of Phaestos, Crete.
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A thanksgiving procession on "Harvester Vase". Black steatite (1500 BCE...

The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals           
with individually stamped hieroglyphs,                 
perhaps a hymn to a god.                               
Red pottery (17th BCE) from Phaestos, Crete.
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The Phaestos Sun-disk, on both sides spirals with individually stampe...

Statue of Apollo Saurocton,from the Lyceum             
in Athens, 330 BCE.                                    
Marble,H:218 cm                                        
MA 916
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Statue of Apollo Saurocton,from the Lyceum in Athens, 330 BCE....

Six youths in a palaestra.Marble base of a Kouros      
statue with reliefs,attic.                             
Originally the background of the relief was dark red.  
Marble, 79 x 29 cm                                     
510 BCE      79 x 29 cm      Inv. 3476
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Six youths in a palaestra.Marble base of a Kouros statue with reliefs,atti...

Hephaistos and his bellows.                            
Freeze (6th BCE) from the Treasure                     
of the Siphnians, Delphi, Greece.
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Hephaistos and his bellows. Freeze (6th BCE) from th...

A rider following a griffin.                           
Relief, from Asia Minor.                               
Painted terracotta (end 6th BCE)                       
CA 4198
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A rider following a griffin. Relief, from Asia Minor....

Goat-sacrifice for Demeter who holds a scepter         
in her hands.                                          
Marble relief (4th BCE).                               
66 x 111 cm                                            
MA 756
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Goat-sacrifice for Demeter who holds a scepter in her hands....

Mousa, daughter of Agathocles, a woman physician.      
Funerary stele (2nd-1st BCE).
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Mousa, daughter of Agathocles, a woman physician. Funerary stele (2nd-1st...

Bull-Jumping, 2nd Mill.BCE
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Bull-Jumping, 2nd Mill.BCE