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The Museum was actually open and had most of its stuff on display. That seems to be rather the exception than the rule in many of the countries around the Mediterranean. The Heraklion museum actually was mostly closed in the last 6 years or so. It reopened just about when we hit it in May It has moved to a new building and when it opened the necessary work of redistributing the goodies in new case and rooms had almost been done. What was missing was the labelling of the artifacts and a good museum shop with some books concerning the exhibitions.
Only general descriptions of the contents of show cases are given but no details whatsoever. Much of what I state in the following is thus based on educated guessing.
Since there is neither an Internet site nor any book about what you can find in the museum, this is a bit annoying - in particular because highly interesting swords are displayed but forbidden to photograph because the material hasn't been published yet many years the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans finding it!
However, there are many positive points and you should definitely go and visit this museum: It contains all the interesting stuff from the Minoan culture. The "palace of Knossos" is nearby but there is nothing original there except old walls and a few columns - and most of those are modern restorations. The museum contains a very large collection of bronze swords, daggers, and other items. The artifacts are illuminated rather well.
Taking pictures - to the extent that this is allowed - is much easier than in many other places. Before I go into the metal stuff, I show you a few of the highlights:. Minoan Snake Goddess Large size including the other one. This is the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans of the two Snake Goddesses or possibly just priestesses "performing a ritual". The figure dates from around BC. The figurines are made from glazed earthenware.
The peculiar dress attracted a lot of male attention and speculation. Maybe all Minoan women dressed this way? Knowing that fashion sooner or later repeats itself, there is hope! The museum has most of the famous Minoan frescoes that adorned the walls of the royal palace around BC. Here are two examples:. Minoan Lady Large size. Bull leaping Large size. Live must have been graceful. The ladies dolled up and young men enjoyed leaping over bulls. The red-skinned figure is a the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans and the two light-skinned figures are women.
There is no sense in risking your life this way without drooling groupies, after all. There are many sculptures. What takes your breath away is a full-size bronze grave statue of a young man from the late Hellenistic period around the 1st century BC, and a full size marble statue of Aphrodite or just a well nymph from the Roman period; late 1st century AD.
I give you just the heads. Since ceramic weathers least, there are plenty of pots like in any archaeological museum. The ones here tend to be prettier than most. Here is one of the many very pretty pots:.
Bronze Swords and Other Objects. The Museum displays not only a very large collection of bronze things, it shows objects I have never seen before. Here are first examples from the Minoan time. Since the Minoan civilization flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC, this implies that these tools are from around BC or earlier.
The fine "hand saws" are remarkable. The cylindric object appears to be the famous hollow drill that is often mentioned in the literature, in particular in the context of Egyptian stone working. This is the first one I have seen in a museum. Various bronze tools including large saws. Small hand saws about the size of your hand and what appears to be a hollow drill.
As far as bronze swords are concerned, the museum not only shows a very large number of these items but many the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans ones. In particular two daggers that look the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans made from silver but are probably arsenic bronze.
That's at least my impression. But remember, I'm not an expert on swords in general and bronze swords in particular. Note that there are no holes for rivets and that there is no damage to the edges. The museum mentions that these are "model swords" but it appears to me that they were just as-cast blanks, designed for trade. Also note that these swords are almost exclusively of the "Vollgriffschwerter" Naue I type variety, i.
Of course there are also swords of the later Naue II type. The examples below are from the "post palatial period", BC - BC. While swords like these can be seen in many places, the Heraklion museum has another speciality: Part of a show case with bronze swords and pottery Large picture.
Details of hilts Large picture of other hilt. There is much more. A particular speciality are extremely long bronze swords my guess is 90 cm - the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans with an extremely fine tip and a prominent central ridge:.
However, some objects must no be photographed and I can't give you more then the incomplete picture above. What about iron objects? Well, the glorious days of the Minoan empire were over well before iron became prominent, so one shouldn't expect too much. They do have two obilihowever. Indeed, the objects on display are not particularly remarkable, except perhaps, for the saw:.
Iron objects in the Heraklion museum; Crete. The saw is on a different the trade of daggers and swords by the minoans scale Large picture. And encourage the people in charge to publish something about their unique bronze swords and objects!
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