Greece
1600 B.C. Spring festival Guests proceed to the theatre of the palace to honour the Great Mother, Goddess Nature. The guide informs the guests about the proceedings. Everybody is excited about what will follow. The high-priestess enters the stage. She is burning incense from aromatic herbs of the
1600 B.C. Spring festival
Guests proceed to the theatre of the palace to honour the Great Mother, Goddess Nature.
The guide informs the guests about the proceedings. Every body is excited about what will follow.
The high-priestess enters the stage. She is burning incense from aromatic herbs of the Cretan land. Offerings are given to the personification of Goddess Nature, the olive tree (treeworship).
offerings follow, gifts of the Cretan Earth. Carobes, nuts, pines, fruit etc.
The Minoan ladies dance to hnour the Goddess along with the men. Their union, a symbol og equality and love in honour of the Great Mother.
The games will begin. Strength, stamina and intelligence will surface through the bull games, surviving the fatal risks of the game with the sacred bull.
The high priestess embraces the Minotaur in a ritual dance.
The palace of Knossos is The most famous architectural edifice of the Minoan civilization, which is the first flourished in Europe. Knossos is the most visited place for all who come to Crete and want to closely admire the splendor of the Minoans.
The Museum of Natural History Crete has existed since 1980. Includes five parts: zoological, botanical and anthropological, Paleontological, geological and Oruktologiko.
It is Moni Stavropigiaki, that was founded in the 16th century. Has played a major role in Cretan Revolts and indeed in the revolution of 1866, when there was shelter and center of rebels. There was very rich Single with large estates. In 1831 it was established that the first Greek school.
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