Minoan Art at the Onassis Cultural Center
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Minoan Art at the Onassis Cultural Center


Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)

From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C. Onassis Cultural Center, March 13th 2008 - September 13th 2008.

Crete's early civilization flourished in the 3rd and 2nd Millennia B.C. It produced settlements, palace art and architecture, estates and cemeteries. The exhibition describes Minoan government and society, everyday life, religion, funerary practices, art, writing, foreign relations and trade with Egypt and other ancient Mediterranean basin civilizations.


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