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91Phaistos Disc — The Phaistos Disc (side A) Material Clay …
92Myrtos Pyrgos — For other places named Pyrgos, see Pyrgos (disambiguation). Pyrgos (also Myrtos Pyrgos) is an archaeological site of the Minoan civilization near Myrtos in the municipality of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete. Archaeology Pyrgos Myrtos over …
93Tjeker — The Tjekker or Tjeker were one of the Sea Peoples who raided Egypt and the Levant during the 13th and 12th centuries BCE. They are documented as raiders defeated by pharaoh Ramses III of Egypt in years 5, 8 and 12 of his reign. [The campaigns are …
94Dionysian Mysteries — Dionysus in Bacchus by Caravaggio The Dionysian Mysteries were a ritual of ancient Greece and Rome which used intoxicants and other trance inducing techniques (like dance and music) to remove inhibitions and social constraints, liberating the… …
95Hagia triada — Agia Triada redirects here. For other uses, see Agia triada (disambiguation) Hagia Triada (also Ayia Triada, Agia Triada, Agia Trias), pronounced AH yuh tree AH thuh, is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement. [… …
96Amnisos — Amnisos, also Amnissos and Amnisus, is a Bronze Age settlement on the north shore of Crete used as a port to the palace city of Knossos. It appears in Greek literature and mythology from the earliest times, but its origin is far earlier, in… …
97Tripiti (archaeological site) — Tripiti (also Trypiti) is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement in southern Crete, Greece, close to the village of Sougia.GeographyThe Minoan settlement was built on a hill, 135 meters above sea level. It is 800 meters from the… …
98Kamilari — is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan cemetery.GeographyThe Minoan tholos tomb is on a low hill 1.9 kilometers southwest of Hagia Triada.ArchaeologyEast of the tomb were five rooms, probably added during Middle Minoan IIIA, and an area… …
99Horns of Consecration — is an expression coined by Sir Arthur Evans to describe the symbol, ubiquitous in Minoan civilization, that represents the horns of the sacred bull. [Horns of consecration are juxtaposed with bulls in many configurations on Late Minoan IIIA2… …
100Civilisation minoenne — Histoire de la Grèce Préhistoire de la Grèce 3200 …
