From the land of the labyrinth
Subtitle: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.
Contributors: Greece. Hypourgeio Politismou
Publisher: Published by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA); In collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Archaeological Museums of Crete
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]; [Crete]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780977659821
Subjects: Minoan Art; Exhibitions; Antiquities
Other titles: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, Mar. 13-Sept. 13, 2008.

Issued in a case.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: [v.1.] [Without special title] Catalogue: Pots and potters; Masterpieces in stone; title: In the domain of the craftsman; title: Warriors and weaponry; title: Alimentation and aromatics; title: Scripts and weights; title: Seal engraving: great art in miniature; title: Jewels for life and death; title: The colorful world of murals; title: Religion and ritual practice; title: Beyond life: a glance into the afterworld; title: [v.2] Essays. The natural setting; title: The rise of civilization; title: The Minoan palaces; title: Palatial architecture: the creation of a sophisticated urban society; title: From mythical Minos to the search for Cretan kingship; title: Minoan art and archaeology; title: Shepherds and farmers, craftsmen and artists; title: The art of Cretan writing; title: Minoan religion: deities, sanctuaries, and cults; title: Children and adolescents in Minoan Crete; title: Athletes and sports; title: Minoans and the Mediterranean; title: Minoan Crete and the Aegean: interactive relations; title: Resources for life: from food to aromatics; title: Morbidity and medical practice in Minoan Crete; title: Community and the individual in death: the Prepalatial and Protopalatial Periods; title: Community and the individual in death: burial practices in the Neopalatial and Postpalatial Periods; title: Minoan beliefs of the afterlife; title: The epilogue of a Palatial World: Minoan civilization after the great palaces (14th-11th century B.C.); title: The history of the excavations.