Archaeological Museum of Heraklion

Crete Island reveals its secrets. Its land and gives what hides. Archaeologists find this and rather carry it to the museum. In the sacred place, where the monastery was, today, all in plain view, collected things that were concerned with the son of Zeus. And grandsons-great-grandsons of the Thunderer. Mystical, mysterious and so beautiful, breathing Greek antiquity. Destroy the myth of boredom in archaeological museums - go to Heraklion and buy a ticket to the archaeological treasury. You will get pleasure while watching its museum`s items

The museum that stores the artifacts of Crete, or just go and see everything yourself!

There are many sciences in the world. But while some people are inventing  colliders (those who are called physicists), others, with the persistence of moles, delve into the body of the earth, searching for artifacts (archaeologists). It is really true, when someone enters the archaeological museum of their native city, without enthusiasm looks at the broken thousand-year-old shards. But this is exactly till this person does not step inside the archaeological museum of Heraklion, which is  almost the richest museum in Europe. And if you have never wandered through the sacred 13 halls of the first floor of this antique repository, and your eyes haven`t  admired the beautiful frescoes from the Palace of Knossos on the second floor, then here is our hand - now we will acquaint you with the MIRACLE ...

Who is Minos, where is Zeus?

Everything is here, in Greece, as you know. And it was, and  it also  will be.  The Gods lived, and the Greek women were the best here. And when the devil-Zeus looked (for the umpteenth time (!)) A virgin of divine beauty - the royal daughter of Europe, should one be surprised that the treacherous Lovelace-Thunderer turned into a bull and dragged another passion on his own back. Then, there is an ellipsis in the legend, which ends with the birth of three sons. And one of them was Minos.

Archaeologists say that it was precisely his descendants that "multiplied and produced the offsprings" on Crete Island with a divine speed, approximately 3,000 BC. And the heritage, they left after themselves, was called the Minoan culture. These are the "traces (or evidence) of civilization" and you have to look at the archaeological museum of Heraklion. However, be ready  to see the objects of everyday life and cult items of the Neolithic, and even the Greco-Roman period.

That's what the museum has prepared for you

And what the reason to talk about museum, when there was not the poor, Catholic monastery of St. Francis in the center of Heraklion in the Middle Ages. It is either good or bad, but if the earthquake hadn`t destroyed the monastery in 1856, it would be unlikely to touch it nowadays and admire the treasures of ancient Greece (even visually). Wise Greeks were (before 1940) building an archaeological museum for 20 years, collecting the best that was hidden. And now, can you imagine ... now this rich repository of "old times” kindly open its doors for you.

And there's nothing there: you can find  double-sided axes if you come across the hall – these are  symbols of the Minoan culture. And a marble statue of a wandering philosopher (Apollonius seems to be from Tian). It becomes obvious, that he was Intelligent and  wise,  - looking at him, it is immediately clear: he had the wisdom (translated  as "philosophy”  from the Greek ") and it  flows in his marble veins till nowadays.

... But there are cute pretty-eccentric clay statuettes of Minoan goddesses. They are with crowns, as it might be. And there is a helmet made of the fangs of wild boars next to the statues  -  it is not very protective, but what beauty it has!

So what is there in a helmet, look - here are "snake goddesses" (ladies are very attractive). To tell youo the truth, the breast placed on top of the dress symbolizes not the erotic addictions of the Minoans, but only fertility and abundance. And snakes in their hands are not the personification of character, but only a sign of a domination over nature. A cat on the head ... and what about that cat on the head ? What annoys  you ?!

Right on the first floor you will see a bull's head made of a stone-serpentine (scientifically - serpentine). The view of the animal is still smart, cunning and honorable. That is why this artiodactyl is a symbol of the island of Crete.

But if your heart and soul tremble, from everything unknown and mysterious, like "Jolly Roger" in the wind, try to uncover the hidden secret of the mysterious Festa Disk - the clay message of the Minoan culture with hieroglyphic prints and ideograms. And suddenly you will be lucky, like Schliemann, and you will decode the covenant of the ancients - to us, the present generations, "enlightened" ...

Many miracles are kept in this museum. Many secrets and mysteries. But while you did not wander through its halls, did not feel the shivers running  the back after you  touch the sacred antiquities of Greece, you can think like "some": the archaeological museum seems boring! Those who have eyes - can see ... And believe me, there is something amazing to see in Heraklion, in the museum of archeology...