The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the largest museums in Greece, and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most impo
The bull leaper (c. 1500 BC), an ivory figurine from the palace of Knossos
Phaistos Disc
Minoan jewellery
Arkalochori Axe
Prince of the Lilies
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The Prince of the Lilies, or the Lily Prince or Priest-King Fresco, is a celebrated Minoan painting excavated in pieces from the palace of Knossos, capital of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization on the
Reconstruction with the original pieces, Heraklion Archaeological Museum ("AMH")
Version with lilies, displayed at Knossos (entirely 20th-century)
Detail of reconstruction: head and crown, Heraklion Archaeological Museum ("AMH")
The upper body fragments, AMH