EditorialMinoan fresco. Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). House of Ladies. Lady offering a necklace to a goddess. 1650 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialPapyrus Fresco, ca. 1550 BC. Minoan. Bronze Age. From Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). Three stemmed, blossoming plants are painted on the walls. Room of the Ladies. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialThe Antelope fresco. 16th century BC. Room B1. Building B. Detail. Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialCeramic pitcher with geometric decoration in the form of spirals. Second half of the 16th century BC. From Akrotiri (Thera). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialThe Boxer and The Antelope fresco. 16th century BC. Room B1. Building B. Detail. Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialMinoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC). National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialLarge cup in archaic style of a so-called kouros. The hair hangs in tresses, five on each side, which is typical for Thera. Frontal structure. The head was originally on a full body. Dating is based on the classification of Richter, she divides the ima...
EditorialBathtub excavated from the thick layer of ashes-Acro-tiri, Thera Island, Greece. The eruption of the volcano on Thera around 1450 BCE gave rise to the legend of the lost continent of Atlantis. The catastrophe may have caused the end of Cretan culture.
EditorialMinoan fresco. Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). House of Ladies. Lady offering a necklace to a goddess. 1650 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialPapyrus Fresco, ca. 1550 BC. Minoan. Bronze Age. From Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). Three stemmed, blossoming plants are painted on the walls. Room of the Ladies. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialPriestess making offerings. 1550-1500 BC. Fresco, from The West House, Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialThe Antelope fresco. 16th century BC. Room B1. Building B. Detail. Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialCeramic pitcher with geometric decoration in the form of spirals. Second half of the 16th century BC. From Akrotiri (Thera). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialMinoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC). National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialYellow clay beaked pitcher with light veneer and dark brown decoration partly effaced and with impurities (2nd BCE) from Acrotiri, Thera, Greece. Height 21 cm-Inv. 928.
EditorialEntrance to the Palace of Mallia, Crete, Greece. Work on the Palace began in the second millenium and conti-nued for over 500 years. It may have been destroyed by the tidal waves caused by the eruption of the volcano on Santonrin-Thera in 1450 BCE.
EditorialCeramic pitcher with geometric decoration in the form of spirals. Second half of the 16th century BC. From Akrotiri (Thera). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialA chart of Santorin Island. S. Island, ancient Thera. Surveyed by Capt. T. Graves. 1848. [Admiralty Chart]. [London], 1851. Source: Maps SEC.5.(2043.). Language: English.
EditorialPriestess making offerings. 1550-1500 BC. Fresco, from The West House, Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialThe Antelope fresco. 16th century BC. Room B1. Building B. Detail. Akrotiri, Thera (now Santorini). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialCeramic pitcher with geometric decoration in the form of spirals. Second half of the 16th century BC. From Akrotiri (Thera). National Archaeological Museum. Athens, Greece.
EditorialMinoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC). National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialMinoan fresco. Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). House of Ladies. Lady offering a necklace to a goddess. 1650 BC. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialPapyrus Fresco, ca. 1550 BC. Minoan. Bronze Age. From Akrotiri, Island of Thera (Santorini). Three stemmed, blossoming plants are painted on the walls. Room of the Ladies. Museum of Prehistoric Thera. Santorini, Greece.
EditorialADORANTE CON OFRENDAS. 1550-1500 a. C. Procedente de la Casa del Oeste, Akrotiri, Thera (actual Santorini). Museo Arqueol?gico Nacional. Atenas. Grecia.
Editorial"FRESCO DE LOS ANTILOPES". Pintados a base de trazos anchos negros sobre fondo blanco. Estuco pintado. (Alto: 1,52 m). Procedente de la Habitaci?n B1 de AKROTIRI (THERA). Hacia 1550-1500 a. C. Museo Arqueol?gico Nacional. Atenas. Grecia.
EditorialGran PYXIS con decoraci?n geom?trica en forma de espirales. Fechada en la segunda mitad del siglo XVI a. C. Procedente de Akrotiri (Thera). Museo Nacional de Atenas. Grecia.
EditorialMinoan art. Greece. 16th century B.C. Fresco of boxing kids. Fight between two teens provided with gloves and a belt. Painted stucco. Room B1 from Akrotiri (Thera). (1550-1500 BC). National Archaeological Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialYellow clay beaked pitcher with light veneer and dark brown decoration partly effaced and with impurities (2nd BCE) from Acrotiri, Thera, Greece. Height 21 cm-Inv. 928.
EditorialThera Island (Santorini), Greece, was inhabited by a highly civilized population of Cycladic-Minoan culture. The eruption of the island's volcano around 1450 BCE covered with ash what remained of the island. Akrotiri: A flight of stone steps.
EditorialEntrance to the Palace of Mallia, Crete, Greece. Work on the Palace began in the second millenium and conti-nued for over 500 years. It may have been destroyed by the tidal waves caused by the eruption of the volcano on Santonrin-Thera in 1450 BCE.