Simple reconstruction illustration of the fresco from the Minoan Palace of Knossos in Crete, created in circa 2000BC and showing the popular contemporary entertainment of 'bull-leaping'. Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.

Date:
May 2013
Location:
Palace Of Knossos, Bull-Leapers Fresco, Heraklion, Crete
Reference:
IC095/062
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This simplified illustration was created with the intention of it being reproduced at a much-reduced scale; hence the drawing is not very detailed. The illustration was reproduced as part of a 'timeline of Stonehenge' graphic diagram across pages 32-33 of the 2013 English Heritage guidebook for Stonehenge, showing the development of Stonehenge in comparison with the development of monument construction and technological advances in the wider world. The reverse of the illustration is marked '26'.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC095 Stonehenge World Heritage Site, Wiltshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Ronayne, John

Keywords

Fresco