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: 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,…
Find spot: “House of the High Priest” Southwest Building at the Acropolis of Mycenae, Cult CentreDate: 13th century BCEClothing depicted: heanos, bolero jacket, wrap skirt, bracelets, necklace, head wrap, beltMuseum link: National Archaeological Museum of Athens https://www.namuseum.gr/en/collection/syllogi-mykinaikon-archaiotiton/ What I see:She has two right hands. In “New Reconstruction of the “Mykenaia” and a Seated Woman from Mycenae” the author, Bernice R. Jones, notes,…
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: 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 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…
Find spot: Greece (exact location unknown)Date: 1600-1500 BCEClothing depicted: heanos, flounce skirt, assorted jewelry, Museum link: The Cleveland Museum of Art inv. 2002.89 https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2002.89 (NOTE: BEAUTIFUL zoom available at the museum link) This extremely rare Minoan bronze statuette represents a girl worshiping a deity. It was probably left as a dedication to a divinity. She wears a flounced skirt over a sleeved robe open…
Find spot: Thebes, Greece, Kadmeia, Palace of ThebesDate: LH III A period, 1400-1300 BCClothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, assorted jewelry, fillet, hat (?)Museum link: Archaeological Museum of Thebes https://www.mthv.gr/en/permanent-exhibition/mycenaean-period/ “The Theban fresco was originally 14 meters long, consisting of three zones: 1. a decorative band in the upper part, 2. the main composition, known as the Procession of Female Worshipers, in the middle,…
