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Archaeological Museum of Herakleion
Prefecture : Heraklion
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The Iraklion (or Herakleion) Archaeological Museum (Greek Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου) contains the most notable collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete. The museum began in 1883 as a simple collection of antiquities. A dedicated building was constructed from 1904 to 1912 at the instigation of two Cretan archaeologists, Iosif Hadzidakis and Stefanos Xanthoudides. From 1937, work began on the present earthquake-proof building. The museum was damaged during World War II, but the collection survived intact and was again accessible to the public from 1952. A new wing was added in 1964.
Herakleion Archaeological Museum
Besides the Minoan collection, other periods of Cretan history are covered, from the Neolithic to the Greco-Roman period.
Aphrodite von Gortys
Model of a House
Notable artefacts
Minoan
Rhython carrier, Part of a Fresco from Cnossus (Knossos) 1400 BC
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Ritual marble amphora , Minoan round temple, Golden Minoan labrys, Minoan bronze dagger,
Clay "bag" with Labrys-symbols, Bowl with a pastor and his sheep, Bird as pottery, Rock-crystal Rhyton, Isis-Persephone,
Bird clasping a fish, Fish and net, P regnant woman, Bull with men holding his horns,
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