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MuseumsSite Name: Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Country: Greece Region: Crete Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Iraklion
Latitude: 35.339100N  Longitude: 25.137300E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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3 Access:
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4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by AlexHunger : Neolithic figures in Heraklion Museum. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Crete.

Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου

2, Xanthoudidou str.
Heraklion 71202

Monday:12.00-17.00
Tuesday-Sunday: 08.30-15.00
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Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by 43559959 : Ladies in Blue. On of the many exquisite frescos on display. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by 43559959 : Some of the great artifacts in the museum displayed in a different setting. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by 43559959 : The Dolphin Fresco from the Queens Room on display in the Heraklion Museum of Archaeology (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : Pithoid amphora decorated with painted boar's-tusk helmets. Katsambas, c. 1400-1350 BC (photo taken on April 2018). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : A typical example of Kamares Ware with white-on-black decoration. Phaistos, c. 1800-1700 BC (photo taken on April 20180. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by AlexHunger : Neolithic Figures from Heraklion Museum.

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : Bronze mask of the Gorgon Medusa. Dreros, Agora Temple, 7th-6th century BC (photo taken on April 2018).

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : Clay model of a sanctuary with a seated female figure inside. Galatas, 1700-1650 BC (photo taken on April 2018).

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : "Tea pot", a typical from of the Early Minoan Vasiliki ware, c 2400-2200 BC (photo taken on April 2018).

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by SolarMegalith : Clay male and female figurines from Hamezi, c. 1900-1700 BC (photo taken on April 2018).

Heraklion Museum of Archaeology
Heraklion Museum of Archaeology submitted by 43559959 : Monkey and Flower fresco from the Palace of Minos (Knossos) on display in the Heraklion Museum of Archaeology.

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Re: Herakleion Museum of Archeology by sem on Wednesday, 29 September 2010
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Two years ago Heraklion Museum was being refurbished and still is. If you ask your Tour Rep or local Tourist Information Office, they will tell you it is open but not mention the limited artifacts on view.
In Aghios Nicholaos Museum last week, I asked a friendly official when the "full" version would be available. His body-language was similar to the Minoan Snake Goddess with a sympathetic smile.
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First Minoan Shipwreck by coldrum on Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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Crete has seduced archaeologists for more than a century, luring them to its rocky shores with fantastic tales of legendary kings, cunning deities, and mythical creatures. The largest of the Greek islands, Crete was the land of the Minoans (3100-1050 B.C.), a Bronze Age civilization named after its first ruler, King Minos, the "master of the seas" who is said to have rid the waters of pirates. According to Thucydides, he also established the first thalassocracy, or maritime empire. The Minoans were renowned for their seafaring prowess, which opened trade routes with the powerful kingdoms of Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant.

Depictions of ships abound on Minoan seals and frescoes. They are detailed enough to show that the vessels were impressive: generally, they had 15 oars on each side and square sails, and were probably about 50 feet long. But little more was known about actual Minoan seafaring--until Greek archaeologist Elpida Hadjidaki became the first to discover a Minoan shipwreck.

Hadjidaki, a self-described "harbor girl," was born and grew up in the Cretan seaside town of Chania. An experienced and passionate diver trained in classical archaeology, she received funding from the Institute for Aegean Prehistory in 2003 to search for early ships near Crete. "I always wanted to find a Minoan shipwreck," she says, "so I started looking for one."

For nearly a month, she and a team of three sponge and coral divers aboard a 20-foot-long wooden fishing boat searched up and down the island's shores. On the second-to-last day of the survey, Hadjidaki decided to ditch the technology and go on gut instinct. She knew that in 1976, Jacques Cousteau had brought a team to the small island of Pseira, a Bronze Age port about one and a half miles from the northeastern coast of Crete in the Gulf of Mirabello. He was in search of Atlantis, thought by some to be associated with the nearby island of Thera. Cousteau had found Minoan pottery underwater near the shore, and suggested it came from ships sunk in the harbor by the volcanic eruption that destroyed Thera in 1650 or 1520 B.C. (The finds are now believed to be from houses on Pseira that fell into the sea during an earthquake.)

Intrigued, Hadjidaki and the team headed to a spot about 300 feet off Pseira, near where Cousteau had been. "I thought, why don't I go there and check it out myself?" she recalls. "But I said, I'm not going to go where Jacques Cousteau dived. I'm going to go to the deeper part."

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