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,…
What did Aegean Bronze Age men (and boys) wear? Well..– they went naked (sometimes while carrying fish),– they wore zoma (loincloth)(plural: zomata) (sometimes with codpiece) (greek: ζῶμα Linear B spelling is zo-ma (𐀿𐀲).)– they wore hide skirts (possibly called perizoma)(greek περίζωμα)– they wore short kilts (possibly also perizoma) – they wore shorts (though there is a possibility that the shorts…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), West houseDate: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: fish, necklaceMuseum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thira, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ Young boys with shaved heads and stray locks showing off stringers of fish Sources Ancient-Greece.org https://ancient-greece.org/art-architecture/akrotiri-frescoes/
