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Goddess of Nature , Akrotiri, Thera. Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 3,600 yo. Santorini, Greece. Original vs restored . Notice the clothing and the necklaces, one of ducks, another of dragonflies. a third...

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Goddess of Nature , Akrotiri, Thera. Cycladian-Minoan civilization, 3,600 yo. Santorini, Greece. Original vs restored . Notice the clothing and the necklaces, one of ducks, another of dragonflies. a third...

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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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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 Boxers Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera , Minoan Civilization, 16th Century BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens

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The Boxers Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera , Minoan Civilization, 16th Century BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens

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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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“Ship procession fresco from the Room 5 of the Wets House in Akrotiri”

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“Ship procession fresco from the Room 5 of the Wets House in Akrotiri”

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"Restored" and original of a Theran Woman, Adorants Fresco, Akrotiri. The clothes amaze me: a translucent blouse with saffron stamens, a 3-4-layered skirt with 6 different patterns in black, yellow, red and blue, Hair tied with a ribbon, necklaces, earrings, bracelets... 3600 y.o...

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"Restored" and original of a Theran Woman, Adorants Fresco, Akrotiri. The clothes amaze me: a translucent blouse with saffron stamens, a 3-4-layered skirt with 6 different patterns in black, yellow, red and blue, Hair tied with a ribbon, necklaces, earrings, bracelets... 3600 y.o...

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A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara

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A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard, and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Hacılar in Turkey, 5600 BCE, now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara

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An ancient Greek drachm from Knossos, in Crete, depicting the goddess Hera on one side and a labyrinth on the other, representing the city's identity and its connection to the famous myth of the Minotaur

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An ancient Greek drachm from Knossos, in Crete, depicting the goddess Hera on one side and a labyrinth on the other, representing the city's identity and its connection to the famous myth of the Minotaur

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A C-shaped jade dragon made during the Hongshan Culture. 6000-5000 years old, now housed at the National Museum of China

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A C-shaped jade dragon made during the Hongshan Culture. 6000-5000 years old, now housed at the National Museum of China

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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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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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