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After Dark – Neon Nights
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Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
Cup from Mochlos in Crete. Middle Minoan period. 2000-1600 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
Cups. Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
