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Blue was used as a dark gray to indicate birds, animal pelts, fish scales, and the shaven heads of young figures. Deep blue was also used to suggest the deep green of ivy, papyrus, lily, reeds, and palm trees. White indicated the pale skin of female figures while red was used for the darker, sun-tanned skin of males. [1]
The earliest excavations on the island of Santorini were conducted by French geologist F. Fouque in 1867 after some local people found old artifacts at a quarry. Later, in 1895–1900, the digs by German archeologist Baron Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen revealed the ruins of ancient Thera on Mesa Vouno, which date from the archaic period ...
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The Mediterranean Sea basin is supposed to host more than 10,000 islands, [1] with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km 2. [2]
The vessel was launched on 20 March 2005 as Highspeed 5 by Austal at Henderson, Australia and completed later that year for the Greek ferry operator Hellenic Seaways. [1] [2] She entered service with Hellenic Seaways in July, initially sailing between Piraeus and the Cyclades, and subsequently between Heraklion and central Cyclades.
In the mid-17th century, two modest cave churches were built into the then-solid cliff face. These churches were eventually destroyed as the cliff receded (due to the ongoing expansion of Fira) and an infirmary was built. This building was eventually occupied by Jesuits, who lived on the site until the land was given to the Diocese of Santorini ...
1633–1634 National Gallery: London GBR: Oil on canvas 247,5 × 148,5 cm Portrait of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick: 1634 Metropolitan Museum of Art: New York City USA: Oil on canvas 208 × 128 cm Portrait of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke: 1634 National Gallery of Victoria: Melbourne AUS: Oil on canvas 105,4 × 83,8 cm Magistrate of ...
Kolumbo (Greek: Κολούμπο) is an active submarine volcano in the Aegean Sea in Greece, about 8 km northeast of Cape Kolumbo, Santorini island. The largest of a line of about twenty submarine volcanic cones extending to the northeast from Santorini, [1] it is about 3 km in diameter with a crater 1.5 km across. [2]