Minoan fresco crete

“Minoan fresco from Knossos palace,16th c.BC.Crete,Greece.”

Ornament in applied Art. Decorative Motives from the Arts of early Crete and Greece. About 2000 B. C. Middle and Late Minoan.

Photo about Acrobatics over a bull in unknown circumstances, probably ceremonial, Knossos palace, Crete, Greece. Image of acrobatics, taureador, knossos - 61215951

A detail from the "Saffron Gatherers" fresco of the "Xeste 3" building It is one of many depicting saffron; they were found at the Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri, on the Aegean island of Santorini This file is not in the public domain. Therefore you are requested to use the following next to the image if you reuse this file © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons Saffron gatherer, fresco, Akrotiri, Greece Date 1600-1500 BC Source from Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, 10-2012

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The Adorants: From Akrotiri Collection Replica Panel Sizes: 16” x 24” | 24” x 32” | 32” x 48” | The frescoes of three elaborately dressed women were found in the “Lustral Basin” of Xeste 3. They appear to be heading towards what scholars have interpreted as an altar/shrine. The women’s rich clothing, fine jewelry, and meticulous grooming indicate the social status and importance of this composition.

One of the wall-paintings of Thera, the Minoan city buried in the ash of the eruption of the volcano (thousands of times more violent than Mt. St. Helens, and six times Krakatoa), which caused sherds of ash in the icecaps of Greenland, a permanent disturbance in the tree rings of California’s bristlecone pines, crop failures in China, the legendary plagues of Egypt. Which rewrote geography—left an enormous hole in Santorini and the bottom of the sea, drowned and reconfigured harbors along…

The most striking thing about the archaeology of ancient Crete is how prominent women were in that culture. This was a society in which women had very high status. In contrast to later cultures like Greece or Rome, there were no images of warfare or weapons, and a lack of actual weapons in Minoan archaeology. In fact, many archaeologists believe that ancient Crete was a peaceful, egalitarian society. So... Is a matriarchal society the solution to our problems? By Guest Writer Steve Taylor…

One of the most intriguing myths of ancient Greece is that of the Minotaur on the island of Crete, the bull-headed human-animal hybrid of Greek mythology.