Living TRAVEL - GREECE - 1975

The amazing large storage pots (pithois) of Knossos in Crete
 


The largest pots found
 

"The Treasury"
 

   

More (museum) examples of large pots from Knossos
    


75cm high - pre 1800 BC
 

90cm high - pre 1800 BC

Pre 1550 BC
 

Pre 1550 BC

90cm high - ca 1700 BC

1.35m high - ca 1500 BC (double axe design)
- detail below

 

Sarcophagus


 

Container with lid


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