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	Crete
		Boar's Tooth Helmet, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
		Stylized bull's horns from Knossos, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
		Dolphin Fresco from Palace of Minos, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
	oncampus.richmond.edu /academics/classics/photos/crete.html (287 words)

	Art of the Cyclades and Crete
		larnax (coffin) in the shape of a bathtub, Iraklion, Archaeological Museum
		Faience snake "goddess," probably priestess (Iraklion, Archaeological Museum)
		Faience snake "goddess," probably a priestess (Iraklion, Archaeological Museum)
	harpy.uccs.edu /greek/artifacts.html (38 words)

	EXCURSIONS IN CRETE
		14.30h guiding at the archaeological museum of Iraklion about one hour.
		: Departure from Iraklion at 18.00h 19.00h arrival at the village of Karouzana.
		For one hour visit to the famous bazaar at the port of Iraklion with fresh fruits and vegetables and cheap modern clothes and shoes.
	www.portoclub.gr /excursions/crete.htm (511 words)

	Heraklion or Iraklion, Crete Hotels
		Category A Galaxy Hotel is an A' class hotel located in Iraklion, Crete, in the cities most elegant area within easy reach of the international port and airport, while also within walking distance of the city center and the world renowned Archeological Museum...
		All points of interest, such as famous archaeological and the historical museums, St. Mina's Cathedral, the Venetian Port, bus stop to Knossos, banks and tourist shops, are only a few minutes walk...
		Category C The Olympic is a lovely hotel situated in Iraklion's city centre.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Crete/crete-hotels-heraklion.html (846 words)

	Heraklion Museum
		The original Museum was built between 1904 and 1912 at the urging of two Cretan archaeologists, Iosif Hadzidakis and Stefanos Xanthoudides, Curators of the Archaeological service.
		he most magnificent collection of Minoan art and culture in the world, unique in beauty and completeness is housed in the Museum of Iraklion, a modern building specifically designed for this purpose.
		Our site has been selected as a valuable Internet resource for
	www.interkriti.org /museums/hermus.htm (247 words)

	Heraklion Museum
		he most magnificent collection of Minoan art and culture in the world, unique in beauty and completeness is housed in the Museum of Iraklion, a modern building specifically designed for this purpose.
		The original Museum was built between 1904 and 1912 at the urging of two Cretan archaeologists, Iosif Hadzidakis and Stefanos Xanthoudides, Curators of the Archaeological service.
		It continued in use until 1937 when work began on the present earthquake-proof building.
	www.interkriti.org /museums/hermus.htm (247 words)

	Web Resources 05
		Iraklion Archaeological Museum (Crete) - focused on discoveries made on Minoan Civilization.
		Archaeology Museum of Catalonia - Iberian, Greek and Roman art in Catalonia.
		Carlos Museum - collection of objects spanning from the prehistoric cultures of the seventh millennium B.C. to the twentieth century.
	www.ouhsd.k12.ca.us /sites/cihs/history/wrwc05.html (247 words)

	Crete
		Bull's Head Rhyton, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
		Bull Leaping Fresco from Knossos, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
		Stylized bull's horns from Knossos, Iraklion Archaeological Museum -- Crete
	oncampus.richmond.edu /academics/classics/photos/crete.html (287 words)

	News about Sfakia, Crete and Greece 2 - A selection
		The accident, at the popular Archaeological Museum of Iraklion in Crete, the showcase for the extraordinarily rich finds from the island’s Bronze Age Minoan civilization, is understood to have occurred early on Monday, before the building opened to the public.
		The only painting by Domenikos Theotocopoulos, or El Greco (1541-1614), on the island is “View of Mount Sinai and the Monastery,” a 1570 oil and tempera on wood owned by the Historical Museum of Crete in Iraklion.
		A woman accused of poisoning her husband and five of their children in Crete was granted a conditional release yesterday by a prosecutor after it emerged that another two family members had been rushed to hospital while she was in police custody.
	www.infocrete.com /sfakia-crete/news2.html (287 words)

	interkriti: The Municipality of Timbaki, Iraklion
		In this tomb, known as the "Kamilari tomb", several archaeological findings were found, today exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Iraklion.
		In a distance of 4 km from Phaistos, outside the village of Kamilari, archaeological excavations have brought to light a vaulted Minoan tomb, one of the most important in the Messara valley.
		Kamilari is a quiet, traditional village, with a panoramic view to the endless olive groves of the Messara valley on the one side, and to the Libyan sea on the other side.
	www.interkriti.org /timbaki/kamilari.htm (287 words)

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		The town also offers many more historical images such as the famous preserved Venetian buildings, many churches and monasteries from the Byzantine years and of course the Archaeological Museum with findings from the Minoan period and the Historical Museum with exhibits from the Byzantine, Venetian and Turkish eras.
		Heraklion ( Iraklio) is situated on the center of the north side of Crete it is connected by air and sea with the rest of Greece, with daily routes.
		The third prefecture of Crete is the one of Heraklion (Iraklio), located on the east part of the island.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/crete/iraklio (287 words)

	Heraklion Crete: Heraklion Hotels, Heraklion Car Rental, Travel Agents, information, map of Iraklion greece
		The town also offers many more historical images such as the famous preserved Venetian buildings, many churches and monasteries from the Byzantine years and of course the Archaeological Museum with findings from the Minoan period and the Historical Museum with exhibits from the Byzantine, Venetian and Turkish eras.
		Heraklion (Iraklio) is situated on the center of the north side of Crete it is connected by air and sea with the rest of Greece, with daily routes.
		The third prefecture of Crete is the one of Heraklion (Iraklio), located on the east part of the island.
	www.united-hellas.com /tourism/crete/iraklio (241 words)

	Knossos - Dilos Holiday World
		A visit to Knossos must be completed with a visit to the Iraklion Archaeological Museum where all the items found on the site are on display.
		The Minoan Palace of Knossos lies at a distance of 5 km from the town centre of Iraklion along the road to Archanes.
		Knossos has now developed into a large city whose population - judged by the adjacent cemeteries - must have not been less than 100 000 inhabitants.
	www.dilos.com /location/13370 (545 words)

	The city of Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
		The Venetian Loggia today houses the Archaeological Museum of Rethymnon.
		Rethymnon does not have an airport but the city is served by the airports of Hania and Iraklion.
		The Venetians needed an intermediary port for their operations for their ships travelling from Iraklion to Hania.
	www.interkriti.org /rethym.htm (545 words)

	The Minoan Glories of Crete and Santorini
		Equally important to understanding the Minoans is a visit to the Iraklion Archaeological Museum, where the cultural treasures of the Minoans are displayed, from Knossos and elsewhere in Crete.
		This area is convenient for visiting some of the Minoan palaces such as Malia and Phaistos, exploring the thousands of windmills on the Lassithi Plateau, or visiting the Diktaen cave, the legendary birthplace of Zeus.
		Indeed, the imagery of Minoan art reflects that of Egypt, with people often depicted from the side, though Minoan art is more fluid and human than the stiff Egyptians’.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/Dec2002/Crete.htm (2972 words)

	Phaestos - Dilos Holiday World
		A visit to Phaestos must be combined with a visit to the Iraklion Archaeological Museum where all the items, including the "Disk of Phaestos", found on the site, are on display.
		The second major Minoan Palace in Crete after Knossos in the fertile plain of Messara.
		Like Knossos, Phaestos was the centre of religious and economic activities.
	www.dilos.com /location/13378 (2972 words)

	Area Information
		A vaulted Minoan tomb, known as the "Kamilari tomb" has been discovered just outside the village, it is one of the most important tombs found in the Messara valley, objects found here are now in the Archaeological Museum of Iraklion.
		It's in a beautiful location with rolling hillsides and a mountain view, overlooking the Messara valley on one side and the Libyan sea on the other, only 2.5 km from the beautiful sandy beach at Kalamaki.
		The name of the village is of Byzantine origin, and is derived from the world "kamilaris" meaning the one who rides a camel.
	www.ambeliotissa.com /English/AreaInfo.htm (2972 words)

	interkriti: The Palace of Malia
		Here was found the famous Bee pendant which is now on display at the Iraklion Museum.
		The excavations at Malia were begun in 1915 by J. Chatzidakis and were continued by the French Archaeological School.
		bout 500 m north of the palace was the necropolis, a royal burial enclosure, certainly belonging to the lords of Malia, suurounded on all four sides by levelled areas and perhaps by porticoes.
	www.interkriti.org /visits/malia/1pal1.htm (505 words)

	RETHIMNO TOWN
		The Venetian Loggia today houses the Archaeological Museum of Rethymno.
		The Venetians needed an intermediary port for their operations for their ships travelling from Iraklion to Chania.
		Rethymno is the capital of the Prefecture of the same name and it is built between two other large cities of Crete.
	www.geocities.com /kalives_crete/rethimno-town.htm (365 words)

	Gournia - Dilos Holiday World
		The Iraklion Archaeological Museum contains the majority of the items found on this site
		The American archaeologist Harriet Boyd-Hawes excavated the town of Gournia.
	www.dilos.com /location/11487 (365 words)

	----- IRAKLION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM -----
		DILOS HOLIDAY WORLD organizes a trip for May 1998 and September 1998, to visit in length all the sites related to Minoan and Mycenean era.
		The rooms were opened to the public after the Second World War, with the material classified chronologically.
		The motifs painted on them are decorative or are taken from nature (schematised flowers, fish, octopuses) or have religious significance (double axes, sacred horns etc).
	www.dilos.com /region/crete/ir_mus.html (365 words)

	Greek Pictures Index
		Larnax (coffin) in the shape of a bathtub, Iraklion, Archaeological Museum
		At the top of the hill was a larger, more elegant structure that may have been the "palace" of a ruler.
	www.picturesfree.org /cdcaptions/greek.htm (3940 words)

	Crete Travel Guide Map Weather Network Iraklion Heraklion Knossos Hania Kreta
		The visitor to Iraklion should definitely visit the archaeological site at Knossos and the Archaelogical Museum of Iraklion that houses most of the Minoan findings in Crete.
		At the end of the central market is a coffee house, housed at the "Koubes" a fountain built by the Turks when they converted the nearby church of the Saviour to the Valide mosque.
		All around the old part of the city,a visitor can walk following the old Venetian walls that meet at a bastion, called "Koules", that dominates the old harbour of the city.
	www.asinah.net /greececrete.html (3940 words)

	interkriti: The Municipality of Agia Varvara, Iraklion
		Many sculptures in porous stone were found in and around the temple, and are now in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.
		It has a population of more than 2.000 inhabitants and is 30 km away from the city of Heraklion, by the road that leads from Heraklion to Aghia Varvara, Moires and Phaistos, one of the main highways crossing the island from north to south.
		There is a bus service from Heraklion to all the villages in the municipality, leaving every half hour from the square Machis Kritis at the Chanioporta in Heraklion.
	www.interkriti.org /agiavarvara/entext.htm (828 words)

	Crete - Cultural life
		A collection of most of the civilization's major artifacts at the Archaeological Museum in Iraklion and remnants of Hellenic, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Turkish structures found everywhere are reminders of other periods of Crete's rich history.
		The Minoan civilization was centred at Knossos and reached its peak in the 16th century BC, trading widely in the eastern Mediterranean.
		Minoan remains and sites are found at Knossos (Knossos), Phaestus (Faistos), and other locations throughout the island.
	www.climbincrete.com /content/view/35/33 (828 words)

	Heraklion archaeological museum in Crete. Kamares vases, Festos disc.
		As soon as the visitors start their tour in the Iraklion Museum they can see the evolution of pottery from the Neolithic period (5000-2500 BC) until the Post-Palace Period (1400- 1100 BC).
		They were named after Kamares town as they were found in a cave close by.
		Worth admiring are the famous Kamares vessels (2000- 1700 BC).
	www.explorecrete.com /archaeology/heraklion-museum.html (828 words)

	----- IRAKLION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM -----
		The Museum was founded in 1883 by the "Philekpaideutikos Syllogos of the Friends of Education", under the presidency of Joseph Chatzidakis.
		Initially, when it was still simply a collection of antiquities, it was housed in two rooms near Agios Minas.
		DILOS HOLIDAY WORLD organizes a trip for May 1998 and September 1998, to visit in length all the sites related to Minoan and Mycenean era.
	www.dilos.com /region/crete/ir_mus.html (828 words)

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