2012年9月21日 · Minoan jewellery manufacture, however, reached its zenith from 1700 to 1500 BCE and two of the most splendid examples date from this period: the bee pendant and the Master of the Animals pendant; both are in gold and demonstrate the …

The Aegina Treasure is composed largely of gold jewellery that has been dated, based on its style and iconography, to the Greek Bronze Age between 1850 and 1550 BC, [2] so "Middle Minoan II" and III in most versions of the Minoan chronology.

Recent technological and stylistic analyses of Minoan goldwork have successfully shown that gold items present a complex mixture of indigenous and foreign traits and influences (Hickman 2012, Prévalet 2013).

The imagery of the so-called “Ring of Minos” stands out among the scenes depicting aspects of Minoan religious ideology. This exceptional gold ring may be the largest ever found in Crete. It was discovered in 1928 in a field near the Royal Temple Tomb of Knossos, on the Gypsadhes hill.

2021年8月20日 · The famous gold bee pendant from the Minoan palace at Malia, on the north coast of Crete, represents two bees depositing a drop of honey in a honeycomb. It is a masterpiece of Minoan jewelry and one of the finest and most intricate examples of Aegean Bronze Age metalwork.

The paper presents a detailed examination of a gold signet ring discovered in a Minoan tomb at Poros, Herakleion. The excavation context is described, providing insights into the tomb's structure and contents, including various artifacts indicative of the burial practices and time period.

Early and Middle Minoan goldwork has sparked numerous studies, with particular emphasis on possible foreign influences and the role of gold in the development of social hierarchies. This paper contends that the value and uses of gold can only be understood in connection to the broader organization of production and distribution.

2013年9月27日 · During the course of this work several pieces of Early Minoan gold jewellery and a number of seals were recovered from the earth spoil of the tombs, or from incompletely excavated areas inside the tombs. The new finds, which considerably enrich the material from Mochlos, are now exhibited in the Hagios Nikolaos Museum.

2021年1月19日 · This chapter differentiates the built structures depicted in cult scenes on Minoan gold rings, correlates them to archaeological remains at Minoan sacred sites, and proposes an explanation of ephemeral cult structures now only recorded in the iconographic evidence.

Cast gold with gold granules soldered on the surface. Found at Chrysolakos at Malia. The two bees arranged symmetrically around a drop of honey. Exhibited at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece.