Minoans Crossword

A sunken room entered down a short flight of steps found in Minoan palaces. Arthur Evans believed that they were used for ritual purification, but they could simply be bathrooms.
A vessel from which offerings of, usually, wine were poured
A crustacean that was used to dye textiles purple
A painting on wet-plaster. A very valuable source of evidence on Minoan Crete.
The belief that society is structured in a hierarchy.
Rule by a religious authority
Storage facilities in the palaces
Large storage jars; generic term
A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
Large silo for storing produce
Mason cut and dressed stone
Liquid offering, usually wine (or bloooood)
Vessel for pouring libations of milk; associated with fertility.
Gods/goddesses of the earth
Coffin for bones
Tombs, typically with a domed roof, in the Late to Early Minoan period
Double-axe
The style of pottery that Minoan Crete was most famous for
Pottery style that features marine life
Representation of the horns of a sacred bull; term coined by Arthur Evans
Storage place for bones; believed to be part of the excarnation process or second burial.
__________ ladies fresco
bull______________fresco
snake ___________ statue
Discovered Knossos
maritime control