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Sarcophagus, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece

Priestesses waiting in line to pour libations into a tub, fresco, detail, on the Hagia Triada sarcophagus, late Minoan period, 1370-1320 BC, in plaster and stone, from a chamber tomb in Hagia Triada, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Priestesses waiting in line to pour libations into a tub, fresco, detail, on the Hagia Triada sarcophagus, late Minoan period, 1370-1320 BC, in plaster and stone, from a chamber tomb in Hagia Triada, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen