gold and enamel sceptre topped by a globe with two falcons, late Bronze Age (11th c. BC), Kourion-Kaloriziki

14.4.22 The fertile plain below Kourion at dusk.

I arrived late and the archaeological site had cosed. I stood on the rocky hill and observed the land below, the fertile fi elds reach the sea. The next day I revisited and walked through the site. I contemplated the beautiful mosaic of the House of Eustolios. Ktisis (the personifi cation of Creation) is holding Measure in her right hand.