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This is an upclose photograph of blossoming plants in the foreground and a body of water in the background.
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This photograph shows the Minoan site of Kommos, taken from a low vantage point. The focus is on a series of walls at different levels of the excavation.
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This is a photograph of the Minoan town (archaeological site) of Gournia taken from a high vantage point. Two people stand in the site.
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This is a view from a rocky coastline of the Aegean in Naxos with four young people in the foreground
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This is an aerial view of a large building on a small peninsula. There are mutliple boats docked and a road leading to the structure.
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This image is of the Cup Bearer Fresco at the South entrance of Knossos. The restored ancient building has bright white columns that hold up a section of a roof with both stone work and bright Frescoes behind them. Under the Fresco is a vessel and around the partial building is unrestored ancient ruins.
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This image shows a parade on a paved street. The performers, in traditional Greek dress, are dancing in the middle of the street as many onlookers of both adults and children watch from the sides. This parade took place in Heraklion, a city in Crete.
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This image shows the island of Melos which is both an archeological site and a currently inhabited island in the Aegean sea. One can see the island sloping towards the water with modern houses, vineyards, and a harbor with boats on the lower land and the excavation sites of what appears to be columns on the higher land.
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This image shows the landscape of New Pleuron, which is an ancient city at the bottom of Mount Aracynthus.
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This image shows three figures, 2 children riding on donkeys laden with loads of supplies and an older woman leading one of the donkeys. The path they are on appears to be paved with low stone walls on one side and overgrowth of plants in the vicinity of Eleutherna or Kommos. The people seem to be caught in a moment of daily life where transporting goods/supplies is a routine occurrence.
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This image looks down upon the ruins of an ancient site (Gournia) nestled in what appears to be a valley surrounded by mountains, as there is a high vantage point of the photographer.
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This image shows a unique angle of the Naxos Kouros, laying horizontally in a quarry on Naxos. The Kouros is fundamentally geometrical and was most likely not completed by the artisan that sculpted it, as evidenced by the extremely basic and simplistic indications of body parts.
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This image of the Throne Room at the ancient site of Knossos shows an interior space with stone walls, and floors, there are also beams holding up the roof and a large basin in the middle of the room. The space is open to the outside hilly terrain and also has benches along the walls and a throne.
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This image shows the Bull Fresco in the North Bastion of the ancient site of Knossos. This Fresco works in primary colors of red blue and yellow and depicts a bull with its horns down heading towards a tree. The horns of the bull especially stick out in the Fresco in a technique known as relief fresco. The Fresco itself is reconstructed and housed under a reconstructed porch with columns holding it up.
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This image shows a young man in a red flannel (contemporary dress) looking over his shoulder and another figure in front of him both of which are standing in front of the ocean in Agios Nikolaos, a coastal town on the island of Crete. Above them stretches a rainbow, which gives the photograph a purple tint.
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View of the mountains and settlements in Ithaca. There is one structure in the foreground, off center to the right, which has chickens. There is also a structure on the horizon which seems to be a house.
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This is a view of the Royal Road leading to the Theatral Area at Knossos. The natural elevation is apparent through the leveling and building of pathways through the terrain. The Theatral Area lies at the end of the Royal Road (as seen in sackett_172) and shows the eastern flight of 18 stairs.
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This is a view of a road which has a downward slope and looks out at hills in the distance. On each side of the road is distinguished sets of properties and stone walls. The Royal road leads to the Theatral Area of Knossos.
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View of two men picking fruits along the side of a possible road, and collecting them in large wooden baskets. This image was taken from a taverna at Knossos.
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Women dressed in ceremonial dress walking in possibly a parade (Heraklion Independence Day, based on the date of 3/25). Women, men, and children watch the parade.
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View of a town on Melos, showing roads and trails which wind through the mountainous area. The pictures shows what also could be ruins or stone/brick walls.
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This is a view of part of a wall at the archaeological site of Kommos, off center and largely out of frame. The ocean and mountains are visible in the background.
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This is a view of Mt. Ida from a ferry in the Aegean Sea. Pictured are a car and some men on the same vessel.
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This is a view from one of the sides of the Kouros of Apollonas in a quarry at Naxos. The Kouros is of monumental size and is made of Naxian marble. The Kouros is around 11meters tall and is dated to the seventh to sixth century BCE.
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View of snow covering the tops of Crete mountains, possibly at sunrise/sunset due to the low lighting.