International Monument Day today was celebrated accordingly, since our older students created short presentations about all important Minoan exhibits of the Archaeological Museum in our town. We marvelled at how determining the Minoan civilisation has been, constituting the very first one in Europe and how multifaceted it was, concerning art, religion and societal structure. At the end of all presentations, students divided into groups in order to answer questions about the exhibits, as part of our final memory game. The fastest team to get most questions right as well as the most lively presenter were awarded with (eatable!) prizes and the fondest of memories. We all parted wishing to organise another such educational trip the soonest possible. Museum Mission: Accomplished! Well done to our wonderful teenage explorers.

1. Heraklion
Archaeological
Museum Day
Memory game after all students’ presentations concerning
the main exhibits on 18/4/17
Markaki-Markoulaki Language School

2. Rules
Each team has 30 seconds to think about an answer.
When those 30 seconds end, the first team to ring the
bell will be allowed to give an answer.
If the answer is correct, the team wins one point. If
not, the second fastest team to ring the bell will be
allowed to speak.
The team with the most points at the end of the game
wins an amazing eatable prize!

3. Question 1
What is the name of the
exhibit in the following
photo?

5. The correct answer is…

6. Bull’s- head rhyton!

7. Question 2
What is the name of the British
archaeologist who excavated most
Minoan artefacts in Knossos?

8. The correct answer is…

9. Sir Arthur Evans

10. Question 3
What is the Prince of
Lilies thought to have on
a leash in his left hand?

12. The correct answer is…

13. A griffin or a sphynx

14. Question 4
What does the famous bee
pendant represent?

16. The correct answer is…

17. Two bees or wasps
storing away a drop of
honey in a comb.

18. Question 5
What was the ring of King
Minos in reality?

20. The correct answer is…

21. A gold jewel -seal with
representations of tree
worship.

22. Question 6
How were the signs on the
Phaistos Disc created?

24. The correct answer is…

25. By pressing hieroglyphic seals
into a disc of soft clay, in a
clockwise sequence spiralling
towards the centre of the disk.

26. Question 7
How many small
medallions with ivory,
rock crystal and silver
exist on the gaming
board?

28. The correct answer is…

29. Ten!

30. Question 9
What does the Agia
Triada sarcophagus
show?

32. The correct answer is…

33. The inhumation
of a Prince.

34. Question 10
What is the name of this
beautiful Minoan lady and
what is she thought to
represent?

36. The correct answer is…

37. She is ‘La Parisienne’. The sacral
knot at the back of her head
shows she was either a priestess
or a goddess.