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This is a photograph of the Grand Staircase at Knossos, specifically the open portion in the center called a light well. A column base is visible in the center foreground of the image. The stairs are not visible, and the lower room is in shadow. A doorway can be seen in the lower room, and Minoan-style columns support the roof.
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This is a photograph of the so-called Royal Temple Tomb at Knossos. Horns of consecration appear in the foreground. In the middle ground, a modern stone pathway descends out of sight. In the background, the subject of the photograph appears - the Royal Temple Tomb, a two-storied rock cut chamber tomb. The visible area is the antechamber of the upper floor, with two columns supporting a roof.
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A procession of young men and women in traditional clothes (including a fustanella on the boy) is walking down a road in a parade in celebration of Greek Independence Day. People watch them; some onlookers carry the Greek flag, others carry children so they can see. The parade takes place in Heraklion.
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This is a view of Mt Ida from the west.
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The fortification walls of an ancient city on the island of Melos. The walls have been reduced to almost nothing. It also looks as if the walls were built into a hill because they slant upwards.
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This image shows church, identifiable by its arched windows. A small modern building with a metal roof stands next to the church.
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This is an image of the ocean with land far off in the distance. Waves crash on a rock in the middle ground, while a small island is visible in the background.
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This is a view of the port city of Heraklion on mainland Crete from the ocean. There are boats moored in the harbor and many buildings, including a fortress built on a peninsula that extends out into the water.
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This is an image of the quarry of Apollonas on Naxos. Similar to the closeup of Naxos Apollonas quarry site for the Kouros (sackett_12 and 13), this image is almost the same except from a further distance back. This image focuses more the quarry and surrounding landscape than on the kouros.
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Landscape view of Knossos from far away including surrounding lands and farms
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This is a view of the Heraklion port with a snowy mountain in the background.
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This is a view of Mt. Ida from a distance, with the Aegean Sea in the foreground.
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This is a parade in celebration of Greek Independence Day. The focus is on four woman in traditional dress. The crowd looks over them.
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This is an overview of an archaeological site below Viannos, which was excavated by Nikolaos Platon. The site is not yet excavated as of the photo capture, but stone walls are visible, forming a large building or building complex.
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Landscape of walled ruins on a hill at Milos. The walls are stacked stone, in some cases squared and placed into courses, and in others rough dressed and fitted.
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This is an image taken from a road of the salt pans at Mesolongiou and piles of salt next to trucks and industrial building.
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This is an image of the stone ruins at Kommos
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This is a view of the Minoan town of Gournia, from above. The ruins indicate a city plan, and the viewpoint shows its location in a valley. Farmland is visible surrounding the archaeological site.
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This is a view of buildings in a town on the coast of Naxos.
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This is an image of the south entrance at Knossos, otherwise known as the South Propylaeum. The entrance is higher than the camera so the main building is only partially visible, but the steps, walls, columns, Procession Fresco, and horns of consecration are visible.
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This is a view of a sunset in the horizon off the coast of Eretria. There is a small boat right next to the shore and mountains are visible off in the distance
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This image shows an aerial view of Salamis and the ocean with multiple boats in it.
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This image shows an unidentified man standing on the side of Mt. Ida at the Altar of Zeus. There are large stones surrounding him wish a rock wall behind him, as well as snow and bushes nearby.
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This is a view of Crete from a high vantage point that shows not only the surrounding mountains, landscape, and towns, but also a building complex consisting of a large white building and some lower constructions set into the hillside in the center of the photo. A stone field wall is attached to the large white building. The facade of the large white building has a bell tower with a cross on top at the center, indicating that it is a church.
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This image shows the Aitolikou Lagoon in the northern part of the Gulf of Patras. There are multiple boats pulled up onto the rocky coast for safe keeping, as well as old wooden posts protruding from the ocean. Powerlines and a road run through the background