Archanes Archaeological Museum
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The Archaeological Museum at Archanes is dedicated to Minoan art and artefacts, with a smaller section for post-Minoan art and artefacts.
[edit] Artefacts and Art at the Museum
[edit] Room I
Covers findings from 6000 BCE to the pre-Palatial period, including:
- Neolithic fertility goddess
- Vasiliki ware
- stone jars from the island of Mochlos
- miniature clay sculptures
[edit] Room II
Covers findings from 2000 BCE to 1700 BCE in Knossos, Malia and several peak sanctuaries, including:
- Kamares ware pottery
- glazed plaques of Minoan houses (aka the "Town Mosaic")
- peak sanctuary figurines
[edit] Room III
- Phaistos Disc
- Kamares ware pottery
[edit] Room IV
Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE, including:
- bull's head rhyton from Knossos
- snake goddess figurines
- tools and weapons, mostly cast in bronze
- cups with Linear A inscriptions
[edit] Room V
Covers findings from 1450 BCE to 1400 BCE, including:
[edit] Room VI
Covers findings from cemetaries at Knossos, Phaistos and Archanes, including:
- clay figurines
- gold jewelry
- horse burial from a tholos tomb at Archanes
[edit] Room VII
Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1300 BCE from smaller villas and sacred caves, including:
- bronze double axes
- the "Harvesters Vase"
- steatite vases from Hagia Triada
- gold jewelry from Malia
[edit] Room VIII - Zakros
Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE from the palace of Zakros, including:
- rock crystal rhyton
- bull's head rhyton
- pottery with floral and marine motifs
[edit] Room IX
Covers findings from 1700 BCE to 1450 BCE in eastern Crete, including:
- terracotta figurines from Pisokephalo peak sanctuary
- seal stones
[edit] Room X - Mycenaean
Covers findings from 1400 BCE to 1100 BCE, including:
- clay figurines
- clay sculpture of dancers with a lyre player
[edit] Room XI - Dorian
Covers findings from 1100 BCE to 900 BCE during the arrival of the Dorian Greeks, including:
- weapons and tools, mostly of iron
- clay fertility figurines
- votive offerings
[edit] Room XII
Covers findings up to 650 BCE, including:
- pottery decorated with griffins
- artefacts and figurines from Kato Syme
[edit] Room XIII - Larnakes
Minoan larnakes (clay coffins) are on display here.
[edit] Room XIV - Hall of the Frescoes
- Frescoes from Knossos and Hagia Triada
- the Hagia Triada sarcophagus
[edit] Room XV & Room XVI
- More frescoes, including the famous "La Parisienne"
[edit] Room XX - Classical Greek, Greco-Roman
- sculptures from Classical Greek and Greco-Roman periods
[edit] Visitor's Information
Hours: April-September Monday 12-7pm Tuesday-Sunday 8am-7pm October-March daily 8am-5pm
Admittance: €6, free on Sundays November-May
[edit] Reference
- The Rough Guide to Crete ISBN 1843532921
