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Palace of the Minotaur and cradle of European civilization

- object type: wall painting (fresco) - description: couchant griffins in a landscape with plants - restored by Gilliéron (controversial) - period / date: (Immerwahr 1990) late minoan II - IIIA (Hood
- object type: wall painting (fresco) - description: couchant griffins in a landscape with plants - restored by Gilliéron (controversial) - period / date: (Immerwahr 1990) late minoan II -… © ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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