Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Adorants

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…

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Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Saffron gatherers

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…

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Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Part of the Procession

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…

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