The Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus 13701300 BC Heraklion


The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 13501300 BC. Archaeological Museum

The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus is a late Minoan 137 cm (54 in)-long limestone sarcophagus, dated to around 1400 BC or some decades later, excavated from a chamber tomb at Hagia Triada, Crete in 1903 and now on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH) in Crete, Greece.


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The painted Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus 13701300 BC. Heraklion

The Ayia Triadha sarcophagus : a study of late Minoan and Mycenaean funerary practices and beliefs by Long, Charlotte R. Publication date 1974 Topics. Grèce -- Agia Triada (Iraklion, Grèce, site archéologique), Sarcophagi, Hagia Triada Site (Greece), Crète (Grèce).


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Download Full Size Image. The Byzantine single-aisled chapel of Agios Georgios lying over the remains of a Minoan villa at the Hagia Triada archaeological site in southern Crete. The church was built during the Venetian period at the beginning of the 14th century CE and is decorated with beautiful frescoes. Remove Ads. Advertisement.


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Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is a Late Bronze Age (1400 BCE) 137. Image . Minoan Religious Procession on Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Minoan limestone sarcophagus, c. 1400 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological. Image . Harvester Vase.


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The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus: A One-of-a-Kind Minoan Discovery The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus was first discovered in the early 20th century during an excavation of a local chamber tomb. Experts determined that this sarcophagus is likely from the 14th century BC, sometime between 1370 and 1320 BC.


The Agia Triada sarcophagus Ancient World Magazine

The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is the only Minoan sarcophagus known to be entirely painted. It was created using fresco, like contemporaneous wall painting, and illustrates a complex narrative scene, apparently of burial and sacrifice. The object itself is substantial, measuring 1.375 meters (about 4.5 feet) long, .45 meters (about 1.5 feet) wide.


The painted Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus 13701300 BC. Heraklion

Hagia Triada Sarcophagus


The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus in the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is the only Minoan sarcophagus known to be entirely painted. It was created using fresco, like contemporaneous wall painting, and illustrates a complex narrative scene, apparently of burial and sacrifice.


Hagia Triada sarcophagus in the Archeological Museum, Iraklio

Since its discovery in 1903 the Hagia Triada sarcophagus has remained potentially the most articulate source for our understanding of the religion of Late Minoan Crete. 1 The iconography of the sarcophagus has always held the greatest attraction for scholars, who agree that some sort of ritual is portrayed; whether this ritual is specifically funerary or a part of some nonfunerary, divine cult.


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The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is the only Minoan sarcophagus known to be entirely painted. It was created using fresco, like contemporaneous wall painting, and illustrates a complex narrative scene, apparently of burial and sacrifice. The object itself is substantial, measuring 1.375 meters (about 4.5 feet) long, .45 meters (about 1.5 feet) wide.


The Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus 13701300 BC Heraklion

The Agia Triada sarcophagus This unique sarcophagus was found in Agia Triada, inside a grave containing the inhumation of a prince. It is covered in plaster and painted in fresco with scenes of great importance for our understanding of funerary customs during the Mycenaean occupation of Crete.


SARCOPHAGUS from Hagia Triada, bout 1400 BC. This unique sarcophagus

Hagia Triada, also known as Agia Triada, is the archaeological site of an ancient Minoan settlement located on the western end of a prominent coastal ridge on the island of Crete. The ancient site, and the surrounding area, remains one of the most remarkable in the entire Mediterranean area.


Greek Art & Archaeology The Aghia Triadha Sarcophagus

From Agia Triada comes a remarkable limestone sacrophagus with figurative scenes that may shed light on the nature of Bronze Age religion. Josho Brouwers 15 October 2019 Josho Brouwers From tomb 4, a well-built chamber tomb located to the northeast of the Minoan "villa" at Agia Triada, comes a remarkable limestone sarcophagus.


Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Early Bronze Age. Limestone. Detail of one

The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is the only Minoan sarcophagus known to be entirely painted. It was created using fresco, like contemporaneous wall painting, and illustrates a complex narrative scene, apparently of burial and sacrifice.


Minoan Art. Crete. The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus. Painted with scenes

The Hagia Triada sarcophagus is a Late Bronze Age (1400 BCE) 137 cm-long limestone sarcophagus covered in plaster and painted in fresco and combining features of Minoan and Mycenaean style. The painted frieze shows all the stages of the sacred ceremony which was performed at the burial of important personages.