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Τhe report of the Archaeological Museum Rethymno include items from various excavations and give a timeless image of cultural history of the country from the Neolithic period to the years of Roman occupancy.
The collections include:
- Findings from late neolithic (3500 – 2900 B.C. ) and early minoan (2800 – 2100 b.c. ) years from the caves Geranium, Melidonioy, Margelon and Εlenon.
- Findings minoan era (2100 – 1600 BC) from the building blocks of Apodoyloy, Monastiraki and the holy peak in Βrisina.
-Findings late minoan era (1600 – 1100 BC) of the cemeteries in the region. Representative is the cemetery of Kalyvon.
- Findings geometric (1000 – 700 B.C. ) and archaic (700 – 500 B.C. ) years of Eleftherna and Axos.
- Findings classical, Hellenistic era and roman years from Stavromenos and Argyroupolis (Lappa).
One of the most important exhibits of the Museum are:
- Larnaca with imaging hunting scene from Armeni Ancient Necropolis of Kalyvon (1320 – 1200 BC).
- Figurine minoan goddess “ICU ‘ towering hands”from the Pagalochori (1320 – 1200 BC).
- Marble statue Aphrodite of Argyroupolis (1ST A.D. b.c. ).
- Marble figurine from Gerani cave (3600 – 3200 BC).
- Clay phantom temple from which survived the floor, from the Monastiraki (1800 – 1700 BC).
- Part Galindolowland phantom bank tenders with inscription in linear A writing, from the sacred summit Βrisina (1700 – 1600 BC).
- Ηθμοπυξίδα from Stavromenos. Clay ajar vessel with foot and cap. The bottom of it is pierced. Bear decor from continuous coils and plants. (1500 – 1450 BC).
- Head clay female figurine from Axos (around 530 B.C. ).
- Part of marble grave column from Stavromenos. Shown naked athlete with dog (about 460 B.C. ).
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is one of the most important museums in Greece, with an enormous archaeological collection,and one of the most important in Europe.
The Printing Museum is located in Chania, just outside the town, in Craft Park Souda Bay and a vision of life founder,Yannis Gieredaki, founder and publisher of the journal "Haniotika Nea".
Indeed, the peak sanctuaries were the places where the Minoans imagined that their gods were living. They did not worship their gods in magnificent temples, such as those that have been built in the East. They practiced their religious in rural areas, in caves...
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