Above: From the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, board games and game pieces, from Tylissos, Gournia and Katsambas, 1600-1450 BC.
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1 is the remains of a wall painting depicting an athlete running.
2 is the Bull Leaper, an ivory figurine from the Palace of Knossos, about 1500 BC.
3 is the Harvester Vase, showing 27 men, singing to the sounds of the sistrum (musical instrument) from Hagia Triada, around 1450 BC.
4 is bronze figurine of worship, from Crete 1600-1450 BC.
5 is a pair of clay figurines for worship from Piskokephalo, 1650-1500 BC.
6 is a pithoi from Anemospilia, 1600-1450 BC.
7 is the Chieftain's Cup, which shows two military figures, from Hagia Triada, 1500-1450 BC.
8 is a ritual ewer from Gournia, 1600-1450 BC.
9 is The Swing, a female figure between two columns, from Hagia Triada, 1600-1450 BC.
10 is a bull rhyton used for drinking, with the liquid coming out of the snout, from Knossos Palace, 1600-1450 BC.
11 is a goddess holding two snakes, from Knossos Palace, 1650-1550 BC. The Cult of the Sacred Snake
believed the goddess from the underworld protects home and the household members.
12 is a marble ritual vessel from Knossos Temple, 1650-1550 BC.
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