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... Crete , on August 23 , 1864. His father , Kiriakos Venizélos Krivatas , was a Cretan revolu- tionary who had been deported by Turkey ( Crete being then a part of the Ottoman Empire ) to the island of Síros for 19 years . At the age of ...
... Crete , on August 23 , 1864. His father , Kiriakos Venizélos Krivatas , was a Cretan revolu- tionary who had been deported by Turkey ( Crete being then a part of the Ottoman Empire ) to the island of Síros for 19 years . At the age of ...
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... Crete ) . These women , modelled with amazing truth to nature for so early a date , stand with their arms in front of them , holding sacred snakes . Typically Cretan , they wear a flounced skirt and tight belt , and their breasts are ...
... Crete ) . These women , modelled with amazing truth to nature for so early a date , stand with their arms in front of them , holding sacred snakes . Typically Cretan , they wear a flounced skirt and tight belt , and their breasts are ...
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... Crete , c . 1500 BC . In the Archaeological Museum , Iráklion , Crete . Height without horns 20.6 cm . ( Right ) Extant portion of the " Harvester Vase , " from Ayiá Triádha , steatite , c . 1600 BC . In the Archaeological Museum ...
... Crete , c . 1500 BC . In the Archaeological Museum , Iráklion , Crete . Height without horns 20.6 cm . ( Right ) Extant portion of the " Harvester Vase , " from Ayiá Triádha , steatite , c . 1600 BC . In the Archaeological Museum ...
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