Reconstruction of Bull Leaping

Item

File name

Title

Reconstruction of Bull Leaping

Description

This is a modern interpretation (and likely a dramatization) of the Minoan ritual of bull jumping. Depiction by artist Rudolph Zallinger.

Place name

Knosós (ancient site)

Subject

Monument
People

Notes

The bull was a coveted animal in the Minoan culture, as we know from its frequent depiction.

Date photographed

October 1987
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