Palace at Knossos: Griffin Fresco in the Throne Room

Griffin Fresco in the Throne Room at Knossos in Crete, Greece

Griffin Fresco in the Throne Room at Knossos

Griffin Fresco
The image shows the fresco of a Griffin painted on a wall of the Throne Room located on the archaeological site of Knossos in Crete, Greece.

Griffins are mythological creatures with the head and wings of an eagle and body and tail of a lion.

Palace at Knossos Images
Throne room with frescoes
Horns of Consecration – Sacred horns of the bull
Ruins of a multi-storied structure
Ruins of Palace at Knossos
Reconstructed hall with columns and frescoes
Bastion of the Bull
King’s Megaron and Stoa
Queen’s Megaron
Jars at “The Magazines of the Great Pithoi”
Pithoi Jars

Frescoes
Prince of the Lilies Fresco
Dolphins Fresco
Bull Leaping Fresco
Ladies in Blue Fresco

Related Pages
Minoan Civilization, Mycenaean Civilization
Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora
Crete, Greek Islands, Greece
Ephesus

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