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Spring Fresco, Akrotiri, Thera , Greece, 1600 BC. The fresco depicts the brightly colored rocky landscape of the volcanic island dotted with blossoming lilies and flying swallows. It might be, some say, the first time an artist created art from the surrounding landscape...

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Spring Fresco, Akrotiri, Thera , Greece, 1600 BC. The fresco depicts the brightly colored rocky landscape of the volcanic island dotted with blossoming lilies and flying swallows. It might be, some say, the first time an artist created art from the surrounding landscape...

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Detail of woman with injured foot . Adorants Fresco , Cycladian-Minoan civilization, c. 1600 bC. Akrotiri, island of Thera, now Santorini, Greece. This figure decorated a wall in a three-story stone building on a paved street.

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Detail of woman with injured foot . Adorants Fresco , Cycladian-Minoan civilization, c. 1600 bC. Akrotiri, island of Thera, now Santorini, Greece. This figure decorated a wall in a three-story stone building on a paved street.

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Two Theran young women collecting Saffron, part of the Goddess of Nature Fresco, Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Akrotiri, island of Thera , Greece. The short hair of the girl on the left and the shaved hairstyle of the other depict two young girls...

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Two Theran young women collecting Saffron, part of the Goddess of Nature Fresco, Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Akrotiri, island of Thera , Greece. The short hair of the girl on the left and the shaved hairstyle of the other depict two young girls...

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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"La Parisienne", aka the Minoan Lady, is a fresco fragment from the Palace of Knossos in Crete, dated around 1400 BC. It depicts a young woman in profile with large, black-outlined eyes, bright red lips, fair skin and black hair, often interpreted as a priestess due to her attire...

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Veiled girl from the "Adorants Fresco" a wall painting with three women recovered from a house at Akrotiri, a Theran Bronze Age city buried in ash by the eruption of the volcano that was the island of Thera itself. Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Santorini, Greece...

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Veiled girl from the "Adorants Fresco" a wall painting with three women recovered from a house at Akrotiri, a Theran Bronze Age city buried in ash by the eruption of the volcano that was the island of Thera itself. Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 16th century BC. Santorini, Greece...

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The remains of a prehistoric house from the bronze age settlement of Akrotiri in Santorini, Greece. The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BCE and buried in volcanic ash

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The remains of a prehistoric house from the bronze age settlement of Akrotiri in Santorini, Greece. The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BCE and buried in volcanic ash

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The Swords of Arslantepe Mound dated to 3300 BCE. These are believed to be the first and oldest known swords. They’re made from an arsenic and copper alloy with some of the swords having a silver inlay

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The Swords of Arslantepe Mound dated to 3300 BCE. These are believed to be the first and oldest known swords. They’re made from an arsenic and copper alloy with some of the swords having a silver inlay

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Part of the Blue monkeys fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. It's dated to the 17th c, BCE, & housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Thera

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Part of the Blue monkeys fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. It's dated to the 17th c, BCE, & housed at the Prehistoric Museum of Thera

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“Depiction of a Minoan city on the Ship Fresco in Room 5 on the upper floor of the West House”

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“Depiction of a Minoan city on the Ship Fresco in Room 5 on the upper floor of the West House”

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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Bronze Drum from the Idaean Cave. In ancient Greece, the tympanon was a type of circular, shallow tambourine, beaten with the palm of the hand or a stick. This one dates from the 8th century BC and is considered the first to appear in Greek art. It is a votive bronze disc found...

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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Dornröschen, a marble sculpture by German artist Louis Sussmann-Hellborn created in 1878, depicts the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty. She lies surrounded by roses, with a spindle resting at her feet.

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Dornröschen, a marble sculpture by German artist Louis Sussmann-Hellborn created in 1878, depicts the fairy tale character Sleeping Beauty. She lies surrounded by roses, with a spindle resting at her feet.

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A blue-green faience round cosmetic box with crouching frog on swinging lid. From Egypt, 600–500 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A blue-green faience round cosmetic box with crouching frog on swinging lid. From Egypt, 600–500 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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The paving of the Via Sacra, Rome, coming from the Colosseum and next to the Temple of Venus and Rome, corresponding with the picture of the Colosseum .

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The paving of the Via Sacra, Rome, coming from the Colosseum and next to the Temple of Venus and Rome, corresponding with the picture of the Colosseum .

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