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Frontalism! -- the Minoans must have had contact with the Egyptians
Slowly working on this piece as I'm still a little tired, or satisfied, from Enfilade! a couple of weekends ago. I finished another wall; the east wall. I think I'll leave off the north wall so the area can be accessible for gaming. I used a top of a plastic container for the hearth. The hearth at Pylos is 3 meters in diameter. This one is probably a little smaller, but close enough and I want to be able to move figures around the room. Here are a couple of pictures of the work so far - with a Redoubt figure for size comparison. Still need to paint the west wall with the entrance into the room - as well as the floor and hearth. The frescoes are an amalgamation from several palaces. The one below - popularly believed to be the goddesses Hera and Athena is from Tiryns. The next few are from Pylos (heavily restored); including a well-known artist's rendition: The next image of running warriors is from Knossos on Crete; and again an artist's rendition of what the place there may have looked like. The illustration below is really nice (in spite of the copyright cross-hatching).
Supersyllabogram A for amphora with the aromatic and dye saffron UPDATE Introduction: The supersyllabogram A for amphora is usually associated with vessels, and in that context it means that the ve…
Yeni yapılan DNA analizi, Yunanistan'da yer alan ve medeniyetin beşiği olarak adlandırılan iki antik uygarlığın ortak atalarının Türkiye'den göç ettiğini ortaya çıkardı. Bilim insanları, Minioan ve Miken uygarlıklarını oluşturan halkın atalarının Anadolu'dan Yunanistan ve Girit'e göç eden erken Neolitik çiftçiler olduğunu belirtiyorlar. Çalışma ayrıca, modern Yunanlıların da büyük ölçüde Mikenlerin torunları olduğunu ortaya koydu.
When you look at the advertisments for Crete, usually provided by the Greek tourist board, a huge amount of publicity is given to the ‘great Minoan civilisation’ discovered by Arthur Ev…
Janë një prej popujve më enigmatikë të historisë sonë. Gjuha e tyre dhe origjina e tyre mbeten edhe sot, një rebus i padeshifrueshëm. U ...
A detail of the griffin fresco reproduction from the throne room, palace of Knossos, Crete, (1700-1450 BCE).
Minoan costume history. The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Ancient Greek. Early Cretan civilization in Knossos. Arthur Evans. Mycenaean Art
Yunanistan’ın Girit Adası’ndaki Knossos şehrinde yapılan araştırmalar, MÖ 1100-MÖ 600 arasındaki Erken Demir Çağı’nda şehrin sanılandan 3 kat daha büyük olduğunu ve ithal mallar açısından oldukça zengin olduğunu gösterdi. Keşif, bu muhteşem Bronz Çağı (MÖ 3500-1100) şehrinin yaklaşık 1200 yılında gerçekleşen sosyo-politik sistemin çöküşünden sağ çıktığını, ve hatta kozmopolit bir merkez olarak hızlı bir şekilde büyüdüğünü […]
The Minoan religion focused on female deities, with females officiating. The statues of priestesses in Minoan culture and frescoes showing men and women participating in the same sports such as bull-leaping, lead some archaeologists to believe that men and women held equal social status. Inheritance is thought to have been matrilineal. The frescoes include many depictions of people, with the genders distinguished by colour: the men's skin is reddish-brown, the women's white. Concentration of wealth played a large role in the structure of society. Multi-room constructions were discovered in even the ‘poor’ areas of town, revealing a social equality and even distribution of wealth." From Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization
A watercolor rendering of drawing of the “Queen’s Megaron” by Emile Gilliéron the younger, ca. 1922-1926, based on Sir Arthur Evans papers relating to his excavations at Knossos i…
Left: Reproduction of the Ladies in Blue fresco from Knossos. Center: Priest King fresco restored. Right: reproduction of a woman carrying...
The amazing story of a 3600-year-old Minoan wall painting, the civilization that created it, and the incredible catastrophe that preserved it.
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Experts from the University of Washington and colleagues analysed tooth DNA from the remains of 19 ancient individuals to discover the roots of the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures.
Ana Tanrıça Kültü ve Neolitik Çağ Bulguları
Knossos Crete Greece: Knossos is the largest Minoan palace. The palace was built around 2000 BC. People suspect that the palace was destroyed by the outburst of the volcano of Santorini (around 1450 BC).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has just announced the release of more than 400,000 high-resolution digital images from its world-renowned collection, according to a news release in
Horned Helmeted Warrior from the Sea Battle Frieze Medinet Habu, (from THE SEA PEOPLES — Warriors of the Ancient Mediterranean, N.K Sanders). In this entry I will be solely dealing with my intentions…
This amazing carved-painted fresco represents some important person in the ancient Knossos palace. This figure of the young man that holds something (not quite clear what, maybe an animal or a mythical creature like a Sphinx or a Griffin), and wear a very impressive crown, ornate with peacock feathers. He was probably some prince-priest of the Knossos Palace. The stupid bar on the bottom and the reflections on the glass ruined my photo!
Priestess of Snake Goddess, Knossos 2000 B.C. The Palace of Minos. Regarded as characteristic of feminine fashion in Minoan Crete.
