{"id":64402,"date":"2019-12-28T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T09:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greekroots.shop\/product\/minoan-malia-bees-earrings-925-sterling-silver-with-opal\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T23:09:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T20:09:57","slug":"minoan-malia-bees-earrings-925-sterling-silver-with-opal","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/greekroots.shop\/el\/product\/minoan-malia-bees-earrings-925-sterling-silver-with-opal\/","title":{"rendered":"Minoan Malia Bees Earrings &#8211; 925 Sterling Silver with Opal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st\">Minoan Malia Bees Earrings &#8211; 925 Sterling Silver with Opal<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subtitle\"><span class=\"irc_su\" dir=\"ltr\">Greek Ancient Minoan Bees Earrings In Sterling Silver. The Malia honeybee pendant was discovered at Chryssolakkos, of the Minoan Palace of Malia on the island of Crete, and is thought to date to c.1800 BC.<br \/>\nThis pendant is in the shape of two bees, or wasps, storing away a drop of honey in a comb.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span class=\"subtitle\">Handmade item.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"subtitle\"><span class=\"irc_su\" dir=\"ltr\">Made of 925\u2070 sterling silver with blue opal.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"subtitle\"><span class=\"irc_su\" dir=\"ltr\">The Minoan Bees Pendant, one of the most famous Minoan artworks, was discovered in the Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos, outside the palace of Malia, the third largest and most significant known Minoan palace after Knossos and Phaistos. Chryssolakkos means the &#8220;Pit of gold&#8221; because of the many precious objects that were found there. 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