| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Knossós, Crete, Greece | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 2000-1400 BCE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Minoan) | en_US |
| dc.date | -2000--1400 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-28T19:19:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-28T19:19:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -2000--1400 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 221197 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 490 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/129272 | |
| dc.description | Throne Room, view along the north wall, depicting the "fresco of the griffins" (these imaginary creatures - with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion - symbolize royal and divine power). This room also had a religious function); Was principal city of Crete throughout Antiquity; flourished ca. 2000-1400 BCE; was seat of legendary king Minos and labyrinth of Daedalus; best known for ruins of the great Minoan palace and Neolithic deposits. Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Notes) [website]; http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/ (accessed 2/14/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; fresco | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Minoan | en_US |
| dc.title | Knossos [site] | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A3-MI-K-G4 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Minoan | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | excavation (site) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Minoan) | en_US |
