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Christian Benn
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1/n I'm putting this out here as I'm unsure of what else to do with it. I was recently in Crete and visited #knossos#fresco, I later learned was referred to as Blue Monkey on Rocks, caught my eye. The original I understand is in the museum of Herakleion and the one at site is a restored..

Blue Monkey on Rocks from the museum in Herakleion showing areas of deterioration.
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2/n ..version. In each there is what appears to be a floating piece of rock. However, to my eye at least, this looked to be a crude map of Crete, as I could imagine being produced without more accurate instruments. Clearer in the restored version, I've rotated a modern map of Crete to reflect...

Restored version of the Blue Monkey on Rocks at Knossos.
Map of Crete rotated around 30° counterclockwise.
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Christian Benn
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Human person. New here. Have been known to be amusing in the past, may again be, one day. Love a well used apostrophe. Hate a superfluous Oxford comma.
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