Monday 16 January 2023

{Minoan Symbols}[28th December 1990]

[Redbook8:158][19901228:1517b]{Minoan Symbols}[28th December 1990]


19901228.1517

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‘Cretan seal designs now* included elegant abstract patterns incorporating spirals and concentric circles neatly made with the drill, as well as lifelike pictures of animals, birds and insects, together with mythical beasts, such as sphinxes and griffins adapted from Egyptian or Oriental models.’

E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 20:231



*Period of the Early Palaces in Crete, c2200-1700[bce]



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