April 04, 2005
April 4 Photos: Katherine
In a strange turn of events, Caleb actually wakes up later than the girls, and must suffer the consequences.
As true blitz addicts, we are immediately drawn to the internet café.
The Venetian-era lion fountain near the bougatsa shop where we stopped yesterday morning.
We ate lunch at a fountain across from our hotel.
Caleb and Laura happily drink their moo-juice.
The entrance to the Herakleion Museum.
The interpretation of this group of terracotta figurines is uncertain. Some interpret the smaller figures as mortals giving offerings to gods or the dead, but others interpret them as children.
A running spiral from a Minoan wall, in painted lime plaster. The relief made the painting more dynamic than a flat wall.
The famous bull-jumping fresco from Knossos. The frescos on display in the museum are all covered by protective glass. Unfortunately, the glass is very reflective and can interfere with viewing the frescos.
A photographic enlargement of the “Ring of Minos.” This Minoan signet ring was lost, declared a fake, found, and reaccepted as an original.
Jackie as human scale next to a display of signet rings. The rings are very small, and the carved detail is amazing.
The small size of the rings can make them difficult to view, but photographic enlargements were provided for many of the rings. These pictures show the granulation on the band of the “Ring of Minos.”
A Minoan fresco with architectural detail.
A chariot pulled by a mountain goat on the Ayia Triada Sarcophagus.
Men carrying model bulls on the Ayia Triada Sarcophagus. We had a bit of a debate about the iconography of their skirts, but they appear to be made of wool.
We look on as Professor Rutter lectures on Linear B tablets.
A deadalic style sculpture, probably representing Apollo, flanked by his mother, Leto, and sister Artemis.
A carved lintel from a temple at Prinias, from ~650.
The soffit (underside) of the lintel from Prinias.