Find spot: Mavrospilio Cemetery, KnossosDate: 1450-1375 BCEClothing depicted: necklaceMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion https://ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/357 From the museum: Necklace of spherical beads of semiprecious stones. There are 19 amethyst beads in various hues and two of carnelian. The necklace is a funerary offering from the cemetery of Mavrospilio, on a hill above the River Kairatos. The Kairatos flows through the Knossos…
Find spot: Maroni Valley Graves, CyprusDate: 1375-1300 BCEClothing depicted: CloaksMuseum link: The British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1911-0428-1 Museum number: 1911,0428.1 From the museum:Pottery Late Helladic IIIA2a (Mycenaean) amphoroid krater of Furumark type FS 53, restored from a number of fragments. Red painted decoration on two faces of the krater represents four chariots each pulled by two horses and with two riders, in a procession…
Started June 11, 2026. Finished July 15, 2026. INSPIRATIOIN IMAGES: Details: SCARY GOLD heanos TODO: – (done) Figure out pattern. – (done) Pull fabric from stash – (done) Cut out heanos – (done) Add 1/4″ Rolled hem to front v-neck opening – (done) Use flat-felled seam to attach center front below the V (honestly I could have left this un-cut…
Find spot: Shaft Grave IV in Grave Circle A at Mycenae by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876Date: 1550-1500 BCEClothing depicted: kilt (shorts?), figure-of-eight shield and tower shield, spears, bow and arrowMuseum link: National Archaeological Museum in Athens http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh430.jsp?obj_id=4517 From the Museum link: This masterpiece of Mycenaean art displays a unique decorative technique known as ‘painting with metal.’ It is a bronze blade with four…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), Xesté 3, wall paintings, 1st story, north corridor wall and south corridor wall Date: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: snood, heanos, cloak, necklace, Museum link: (probably) Museum of Prehistoric Thira, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/ en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ “Excavated by Spyridon Marinatos in 1973, the upper portions of two of the figures were published in color in 1992 by Christos…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), Xeste 3, Room 3, ground floor, north wallDate: 1600 BCE Clothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, fillet, hair pin, belt, veil, Museum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thira, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ cat. no of Akrotiri frescoes 233 Akrotiri was covered by volcanic debris following the eruption of the Thera volcano c. 1500 B. C. E.. This preserved many…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), Xeste 3, Room 3, 1st floor, east wallDate: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, fillet, belt, shaved head, basketMuseum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thira, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ Akrotiri was covered by volcanic debris following the eruption of the Thera volcano c. 1500 B. C. E.. This preserved many of the buildings…
Find spot: Mochlos, CreteDate: LM IB period (the end of the Neopalatial Period 1670-1430 BCE)Dimensions: the lid measures ca. 11 by 14 cmClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, bolero jacket, loincloth with codpiece, shoes, necklaceeMuseum link: Sitia Museum https://archaeologicalmuseums.gr/en /museum/5df34af3deca5e2d79e8c15b/archaeological-museum-of-siteia In Ancient Greece, a pyxis is a small, cylindrical container, typically with a removable lid, used to store small items such as jewelry,…
Find spot: AeginaDate: 1850-1550 BCEDimensions: 6 cm H, 6.30 cm WClothing depicted: kilt, bracelets, arm bands, possible belt, possible shoes or greavesMuseum link: The British Museum Item number 1892,0520.8 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1892-0520-8 Gold pendant showing a nature god – the “Master of Animals”; he holds two geese, and stands among lotus flowers. Behind the god are stylised bull’s horns. The pendant is made of sheet gold,…
