Find spot: Crete, Knossos, on the wall of Sanctuary Hall of the Piano Nobile (Upper Floor or “Floor of the Noble”)Date: 1450-1350/1300 BCEClothing depicted: sacral knot, heanos, striped cloth, makeupMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete A fresco which was painted on the wall of Sacntary Hall depicting men and women in a ceremonial banqueting scene.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, on the Sanctuary Hall of the Piano Nobile (Upper Floor or “Floor of the Noble”)Date: 1450-1350/1300 BCEClothing depicted: sacral knot, heanos, striped cloth, makeupMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete https://heraklionmuseum.gr/en/exhibit/la-parisienne-fresco/ “La Parisienne” is part of the Camp Stool Fresco. Edmond Pottier gave her the name as he felt she resembled a contemporary woman from Paris.
Find spot: Pylos, GreeceDate: ca. 1350 BCEClothing depicted: short-sleeved tunic, boar’s tusk helmet, helmet crest, Museum link: ??? Possibly Archaeological Museum of Chora (in Messenia, Greece) This looks like a watercolor reproduction by Piet de Jong of the fresco from Pylos. Interesting related articles:THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: Guest Post: A Mycenaean Chariot in the Knossos Armory by Richard Vallance https://theshieldofachilles.net/2017/05/26/guest-post-a-mycenaean-chariot-in-the-knossos-armory/THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES: Guest…
Find spot: Knossos, CreteDate: 1600-1500 BCEClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, hair bands, possible diaphanous chemise, Museum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete https://ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/390 Water color by Emile Gilliéron https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/291769 Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tripartite_Shrine_(grandstand_or_sacred_grove_and_shrine),_fresco_from_Knossos
Find spot: Palace of Nestor, Pylos, GreeceDate: Clothing depicted: short-sleeved tunic, belt, gaiters/greavesMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Chora (in Messenia, Greece) 16 H 43 Fragment of wall fresco showing a hunter and stag at the Palace of Nestor. This fragment was part of the upper floor having fallen into room 43. On display at the Chora museum. Interesting articles: “Single Greaves in the Late…
Find spot: Tiryns, Greece Date: 13th-14th century BCEClothing depicted: tunicMuseum link: National Archaeological Museum, Athens Penn Museum reproduction https://collections.penn.museum/collections/object/253836
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, House of Frescoes, Date: 1350-1300 BCEClothing depicted: kilt, armband, anklet shown but not actually part of any extant fragmentMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete Fragment of a fresco. Evans interpreted this as a Captain and a troop of blacks (from article in Ancient World Magazine). It is important to remember that this assessment was made through the view of racism…
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, corridor leading from the West Entrance of the palace to the upper story of the West Wing via the South PropylaeumDate: ca. 1450-1400 BCEClothing depicted: kilt, anklet, armbandMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete https://ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/393 “Part of the Procession Fresco which adorned the walls of the corridor leading from the West Entrance of the palace to the upper storey of…
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, near Royal Magazines. Found before 1914Date: ca. 1525-1450 BCEClothing depicted: short-sleeved bodice (probably heanos), possible diaphanous chemise, bracelets, necklacesMuseum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete “This group of three women was originally restored by E. Gillieron, pere on the basis of other fragments of frescos from Knossos, mostly of a much smaller scale. It has been shown that details of…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thira (Santorini), North wall of the House of the LadiesDate: 17th c. BCEClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, earrings, Museum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini Lady A is a mature woman facing left. Her heanos is yellow/orange (possibly saffron?) with red and yellow trim/bands along the shoulder, around the elbow. There is a slightly different red trim down the…