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 …
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