. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . e Egyptian utensils werecopied. We see the same addition madeto a form of long-spouted libation ves-sels, otherwise closely akin to the usualEgyptian type, reproduced in the Cretanhieroglyphic signary,^ Many other small objects associated with the remains of this Periodpoint to early connexions with Egypt and the further shores of the LibyanSea. Ivory seals such as one from a M. M. II tomb at Mochlos present thedevice of two cynocephali ^ (Fig.

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. The palace of Minos : a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos . e Egyptian utensils werecopied. We see the same addition madeto a form of long-spouted libation ves-sels, otherwise closely akin to the usualEgyptian type, reproduced in the Cretanhieroglyphic signary,^ Many other small objects associated with the remains of this Periodpoint to early connexions with Egypt and the further shores of the LibyanSea. Ivory seals such as one from a M. M. II tomb at Mochlos present thedevice of two cynocephali ^ (Fig. 51). The use of ivory itself is a strongindication of trade relations with Egypt.^ A silver cylinder with a verywide perforation found at Mochlos answers in type to an Early DynasticEgyptian class. In the primitive tholos ossuaries such as that of HagiaTriada, moreover, were found indigenous idols or human figures *belonging to this or the ensuing Period which curiously recall the pre-historic types from Naqada and other cemeteries, and reproduce the domed head and pointed chin of the early inhabitants of the Nile Valley. Perhapsto

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