Jim Cleary

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Archaeology, travelling, Greece, rugby, Wrexham, shouting at the tv.

A small replica of a two-handled cream-coloured pot, decorated in black with a Minoan-style octopus
Small (approximately 11 centimetre) terracotta vase with painted decoration, in the shape of an animal, a little bear or a hedgehog, holding a bowl. Chalandriani, Syros. Early Cycladic II period, Keros-Syros Culture (2800-2300 BC).
The central panel of a mosaic: a rectangular picture showing three Greek goddesses, wearing colourful flowing dresses, dancing around a central circular altar.
Minoan bull-leaping fresco. On a light blue background, one white-skinned attendant holds the bull's horns, and another waits behind the bull with arms outstretched to catch the darker-skinned acrobat who is doing a hand-stand on the bull's back.
Image snipped from Google Maps, with a sign saying Chalkers Corner above a Medivet sign.
Silver coin with a square labyrinth, letters A and P (Greek R) on either side of the image of the labyrinth, and KNOSI below.
Small fragment of a fresco, with two heads wearing boars-tusk helmets against a light-blue background.
Ashlar masonry forming the corridor leading to the tomb-chamber
The video scans left to right along the fresco. Dating from circa 1,600 BCE, it shows 7 large ships, and some smaller ones, possibly sailing between towns at either end of the fresco. There are several dolphins in the sea.
The triumphal parade of Dionysos, who is in a chariot pulled by 4 tigers. His retinue includes a winged Victory, a Bacchante, two Satyrs, a panther drinking from a crater and the child Dionysos riding a lion.
Lady holding a sistrum - a kind of ancient rattle. She looks suspicious or angry.
Large square mosaic with decorative border; upper left quadrant is missing. Six figures in 3 groups of two; figures are named but not all the names have survived. Two figures on the left half, seated, thought to be Philip & Olympias (Alexander's parents). Two women upper right, Therapena and Olympias. Lower right is a small child standing in a bowl or shell, (Alexander) being washed by a Nymph.
A fantastical dolphin with an undulating tail
About 45 Mycenaean figurines arranged on a flat display surface; the majority are psi figures, with some phi, and towards the front some cattle and small dogs
Another view of the axe, showing the cat’s face & paws almost head-on
A group of ivory chess pieces, with a decorative bowl behind them.
A writing tablet - a shallow box, with areas where wax would have been. Doubled sided with a central hinge. Original above, modern replica below.
Roman body armour, constructed of individual iron plates
A simple black and white image of a dolphin, oriented diagonally in a border. Tail is bottom left and head is top right
A hunter, who is probably on horseback, leaning over holding a spear pointing downwards in his right hand.