The Archaeological Museum is located in the City Centre, five kilometres from the Knossos site. Photography was allowed in the Museum provided you didn't use flash - a challenge for the camera. Luckily a Czech lad in the party had the same camera and quickly taught me how to do this bit...
In the museum is the Phaestos disk, below, dating from before 1900 BC, which was found at the site of the old city of Phaestos in central south Crete. We have not been there yet, as it is not near any of the tourist traps, although accessible by bus from Heraklion. The hieroglyphics have never been translated.
Below, in the pinkish shirt, Manolis our guide, who had also taken us around Heraklion. You had to stand where you were told, and listen up, and other parties were shushed or moved out of the way if necessary. Behind Manolis are various frescoes, but not from Knossos.
The museum is laid out along a central corridor, with easily 10 corridors going off each side. Below a view of one of the many "Minoan pot rooms" - our expression was getting as glazed as the pots after a while. We only saw about 10% of the exhibits, which referred to Knossos specifically.
A bull statue recovered from Knossos, which is well known as its logo...
More storage jars found at Knossos. One of those little white notices says "No photography at the request of the bequeather", which I didn't notice until afterwards, but the museum police soon let me know.
Minoan gold jewellery...
These are not bathtubs, but sarcophagi or coffins...
