Cretan hieroglyphics are the earliest known writing system of Minoan Crete, a script of pictorial signs engraved on seals and small clay documents during the Old Palace period at sites such as Knossos and Malia. The script remains undeciphered and its language is unknown. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. This script first … Read more
Kamares ware is a fine polychrome luxury pottery of the Old Palace period, the most accomplished Minoan palatial pottery of its time. It was painted in white, red and orange on a dark lustrous ground and prized across the Bronze Age Mediterranean. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The palace workshops that produced … Read more
Minoan frescoes are the vivid wall paintings produced by the Bronze Age civilisation of Crete, applied in true buon fresco onto wet lime plaster and finished with bright mineral pigments. They show bull-leaping, sea creatures, processions and elegant figures from a palace world. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. These paintings decorated the … Read more
Minoan jewellery is the body of gold, silver, faience and gemstone ornaments produced by the Bronze Age Minoan civilisation of Crete, ranging from delicate granulated pendants to engraved gold signet rings. These objects reveal a wealthy, artistic society that prized fine metalwork, trade and ritual display. To see the finest surviving pieces in person, you … Read more
The Phaistos Disc is a fired-clay disc about sixteen centimetres in diameter, stamped on both faces with a spiral of pictographic signs that were impressed using pre-formed punches, an early example of what some call movable type. It was found at the Minoan palace of Phaistos in southern Crete and remains one of archaeology’s most … Read more
The Minoan snake goddess is the famous faience figurine from Knossos, a bare-breasted female holding snakes, a powerful image of Minoan religion. Plan tickets and tours through My Greece Tours. The snake goddess is among the most iconic finds from the Palace of Knossos. The sections below cover what she is, the meaning of the … Read more