QUICK FACTS
Name: Malia Bee Pendant
What it is: A gold pendant
Where it is from: Malia, Crete
When it was made: Between 1800 and 1700 B.C.
This gold pendant was discovered in 1930 at the cemetery of Chrysolakkos, which means "pit of gold," in the ancient Minoan town of Malia in Crete. Although the famed archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans suggested the jewelry depicted bees, the identity of the insects on the pendant and the meaning behind the design have been debated for nearly a century.
