Minoan art

thumb|right|Minoan gold votive double axe or labrys, less than 4 inches tall. On the left blade is an inscription in undeciphered Linear A; possibly an invocation to the goddess Demeter.|257x257px

Minoan goddess figurine

art produced by the Minoan civilization

sarcophagus displayed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete, Greece

Minoan artifact

pottery from Bronze Age Crete

Vaphio, Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia, Greece, on the right bank of the Eurotas, some south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach, about long, leading to a vaulted chamber some in diameter, in the floor of which the actual grave was cut. The tomb suffered considerable damage in the decades following its excavation. During conservation work in 1962 the walls were restored to a height of about .

Gold Minoan ornament from Malia is a pectoral pendant consisting of two bees

Minoan gold hoard

Mycenean sealstone from Pylos, Greece

16th-century BC royal cemetery in southern Greece

Bronze Age style of pottery

minoan carved stone vase of c. 1550 BC

statuette of a male found in Greece

artistic representation of Nile in Egypt

copper statue from 1600 B.C. - 1450 B.C. Crete

artifacts from the Minoan civilization

archaeological site in Egypt