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Bull Leaping

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Wall painting with areas of modern reconstruction, from the "palace" complex, Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period, c. 1450–1375 BCE. Height approx. 24-1/2" (62.3 cm). Archaeological Museum, Iraklion, Crete.

Bull Leaping at Knossos
One of the most famous paintings of Knossos depicts a prominent subject in Minoan art: Bull Leaping.

The dark-skinned leaper, probably male, vaults over a bull in the "flying-gallop" pose toward a light-skinned female on the right.
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