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Agia Triada
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2013, The archaeoastronomical results of three Bronze Age buildings at Agia Triada, Crete)

View to the west from the villa
 

Bench room of the villa
 

Close-up of the bench room
 

View to the west from the bench room
 

Remains of the wall before the bench room
 

View directly to the east from the villa, Mt Ida in the distance.
 

Eastern wall of the little megaron (building H).
 

North wall of the large megaron, looking west, villa below to the right

Chamaizi
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2007b, The function of the Minoan oval house at Chamaizi)

The oval house on top of the hill
 

Air view. With permission of Myers, Myers & Cadogan (1992:79)
 

Mt Modi from Chamaizi
 

Mt Selina from Chamaizi
 

Mt Ida from Chamaizi
 

View to the east from Chamaizi
 

View to the south from Chamaizi 
 

View to the southwest from Chamaizi

Gournia
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2009, Solar Orientations of Bronze Age Shrines in Gournia, Crete)

Air view of Gournia. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992), with permission.
 

Northern Minoan shrine, Gournia
 

Close-up of the Northern Minoan shrine, Gournia 

Juktas
(Blomberg, Henriksson & Papathanassiou, 2002, The calendaric relationship between the Minoan peak sanctuary on Juktas and the palace at Knossos)

Juktas as seen from the palace at Knossos
 

Section with photos, Juktas 

The north wall of the corridor (ramp).	Projecting part	View to the north

Knossos, video of sunrise at the autumn equinox

Video taken at sunrise on the 22 September 1996.
Göran Henriksson, in Swedish, is giving the time from a radio-controlled watch when still photos are being taken.
 

Knossos
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2011b, The evidence from Knossos on the Minoan calendar; 2016, The elite at Knossos as custodians of the calendar)

View of the Central Court through the door into the Corridor of the House Tablets
 

The stone bowl at the western end of the Corridor
 

Close-up of the bowl
 

The refection at sunrise at the equinoxes; note the double axe on the left.
 

Close-up of the bowl and reflection
 

The lenticular depression in the wall where the reflection sppears
 

Close-up of the reflection
 

Sunrise at the equinoxes in a four-year cycle
 

The Ailias ridge opposite the south-east house
 

View from the east of the pillar crypt in the south-east house
 

View from the southwest of the pillar crypt in the south-east house

Malia
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2005b, Some problems in Minoan archaeoastronomy)

View to the east from the pillar crypt. The sun rose one moon month after the autumn equinox in the dip formed by the overlapping of two mountains,
just opposite the middle of the pillar crypt and over the altar in the Central Court.
 

View to the east from the grand staircase.
 

View to the southeast from the Central Court
 

View of Mt Selina to the south
 

View to the northeast from the Central Court
 

The kernos in the Central Court
 

The megaron built on the palace ruins in the north wing
 

The north wall of the megaron
 

The sea horizon from the megaron

Modi
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2011a, Archaeoastronomical investigation of the peak sanctuary on Modi)

Wall AB of the peak sanctuary looking towards A
 

Black and white photo of Wall AB looking towards A
 

Black and white photo of Wall AB looking towards B
 

Modi from Traostalos
 

Petsophas and Simodi from Modi
 

Petsophas from Modi

Petsophas
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 1997-1998, Petsophas and the summer solstice; 1996, Evidence for Minoan astronomical observations from the peak sanctuaries on Petsophas and Traostalos)

Corner C of the peak sanctuary. The wall CE was oriented very nearly to sunrise at the summer solstice in 2000 BCE.
 

Angle ABC of the peak sanctuary
 

View to the east from Petsophas. The east end of the wall CE is to the left.
 

View to the north from Petsophas.
 

View of the peak of Simodi to the south.
 

View of the peak of Traostalos to the south. 

Phaistos
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2007a, Orientations of the Minoan palace at Phaistos in Crete)

Aerial view of the palace. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992:237), with permission.
 

View to the west.
 

View to the north from the west side of the central court.
 

View to the east.
 

Change in orientation between the west side of the central court and the west wall of the palace. 

Philioremos
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2008, Orientations at the Minoan peak sanctuary on Philioremos near Gonies (Maleviziou), Crete)

Philioremos from Sklavokampos.1996
 

View from the peak sanctuary on Pyrgos. 1996
 

Chapel east of room 1 of the peak sanctuary. 1996
 

Southwest corner of room 2 of the peak sanctuary. 1996
 

Part of a wall of room 1. 1996
 

View to the northeast with Stroumboulas in the center. 1996
 

View to the west. 1996
 

View to the south. 1996 

Pyrgos
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2003b, The Minoan peak sanctuary on Pyrgos and its context)

Wall CD of the peak sanctuary, from C towards D
 

Wall CD of the peak sanctuary, from D towards C
 

Wall EF of the peak sanctuary, from E towards F
 

Tylissos from Pyrgos
 

The sea horizon from Pyrgos 

Traostalos
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 1996, Evidence for Minoan astronomical observations from the peak sanctuaries on Petsophas and Traostalos)

View from the peak sanctuary to the south and the geographical pillar
 

View to the northeast
 

The wall YB at Traostalos
 

Vigla from Traostalos 

Tylissos
(Henriksson & Blomberg, 2015, Orientation of the villas at Tylissos on Crete and their relationships to the Minoan calendar)

Aerial view of the villas at Tylissos, with LM III house built over them. From Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992:273), with permission.
 

The vestibule of villa A. Photo by Blomberg.
 

The vestibule of villa A, from Hazzidakis' report.
 

The entrance to villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
 

The eastern horizon from villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
 

Looking west from the entrance to villa C. Photo by Blomberg.
 

The mountain Pyrgos from Tylissos.
 

Middle Minoan wall looking east. It has an exact orientation to sunrise at the equinoxes.
 

Middle Minoan wall looking west.  

Vathypetro
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2005a, Orientations of the late Bronze Age villa complex at Vathypetro in Crete)

Aerial view of the villa, from Myers, Myers and Cadogan (1992), with permission.
 

Close-up of the tripartite shrine and the pillared hall
 

The foundations of the tripartite shrine in the foreground and the pillared hall to the west in the background
 

The foundations of the tripartite shrine in the foreground and the ridge to the east in the background
 

Juktas from Vathypetro
 

The ridge in the west from Vathypetro
 

Vathypetro from the ridge in the east.  

Zakros
(Blomberg & Henriksson, 2000, Further evidence for the Minoan origins of the Greek calendars)

The cliff opposite the northern-most corridor of the west wing.
 

View of the cliff from the palace.