It includes two pairs of ornate earrings, three diadems, a chest pendant, a bracelet, a gold cup, four rings, ornamented plaques and plain strips.

There are also five hoops or rings and many beads and pendants made of a variety of materials including gold, lapis lazuli, amethyst, quartz, cornelian and green jasper.

The British Museum purchased the bulk of the treasure in 1892 from the Cresswell Brothers, a London firm of sponge dealers.

[3] Many, or most, scholars now believe the hoard was actually excavated at the Chryssolakkos necropolis at Malia, where what the locals called the "gold hole" into tombs near the Minoan palace, had been largely cleared out by the time archaeologists got there.

However, the locals had overlooked the spectacular Malia Pendant (found in 1930) and some other pieces, now in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.