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: 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: “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: 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, 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…
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…