Fresco, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete, Greece

Prince of the Lilies fresco, restored, Neopalatial period, late Minoan, c. 1550 BC, from the south wing of the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The life-size man wears a loincloth and headdress of lily flowers and is thought to be a ruler or priest of Knossos, or possibly an athlete. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Prince of the Lilies fresco, restored, Neopalatial period, late Minoan, c. 1550 BC, from the south wing of the Minoan palace of Knossos, in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. The life-size man wears a loincloth and headdress of lily flowers and is thought to be a ruler or priest of Knossos, or possibly an athlete. Picture by Manuel Cohen