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: 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/
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), Xesté 3, wall paintings from Room 3b, Ground FloorDate: 17th century BCE (circa 1600–1550 BCE)Clothing depicted: kilt (maybe), Museum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-archaiotiton-thiras/ Male figures presumed to be performing a rite of passage ceremony. “The frescoes surrounding the lustral basin of Xestè 3, furthermore, depicting female figures of different ages and hairstyles and a…
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…
Find spot: Akrotiri, island of Thera (Santorini), North wallDate: 17th c. BCEClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, assorted jewelryMuseum link: Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini Lady B is mature woman who appears to be helping another woman(girl?) to get dressed (holding wrap skirt in her right hand, left hand held out to almost touch the girl who wears a gold heanos with blue trim). Her…