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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
Limestone figure thought to be an ambassador. Large numbers of clay tablets with writing indicate the important role ambassadors had in negotiations and relations between Mesopotamian states.
Statuette of a pharaoh from the New Kingdom. Approximately 600 BC.
Cup from Mochlos in Crete. Middle Minoan period. 2000-1600 BC.
Cups. Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Pixis (Jewellery or cosmetic box) and lid. Hagia Triada, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
False-necked or stirrup jar. Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Oil-flask (aryballos). The fine bands of glaze on the body are similar to designs on Corinthian Geometric pottery, but the decoration on the lip-plate shows the new oriental influences. Late 8th century BC
Oil-flask (arybalos) from Crete. The lip-plate has been broken off and lost. The cross-hatched triangles painted on the shoulder were a feature of oil-flasks for nearly two centuries after 900 BC. 745-715 BC
