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Another essential feature of the Cretan cuisine was the moderate use of alcohol, mainly red wine which accompanied meals. Finally, the most common dessert was yogurt and fresh fruits, while traditional pastry based on honey had been consumed a few times a week.
The Island of Marajó, at the mouth of the Amazon River was a major center of ceramic traditions as early as 1000 CE [45] and continues to produce ceramics today, characterized by cream-colored bases painted with linear, geometric designs of red, black, and white slips.
Two fragments, one depicting a spotted Cretan wild cat, with a white patch around the eye, and a second showing the overlapping tail feathers of a pheasant. Charging bull and olive tree relief: Knossos: Minoan: MM IIIB: Heraklion: Half of a bull shown charging to right past a rock toward an olive tree. Crocus Clumps Crocus Panel Crocus Frieze ...
Cretan school describes an important school of icon painting, under the umbrella of post-Byzantine art, [1] which flourished while Crete was under Venetian rule during the late Middle Ages, reaching its climax after the fall of Constantinople, becoming the central force in Greek painting during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
Dakos, [183] [184] [185] or ntakos, traditional Cretan salad and appetizer. Pikantiki (also known as politiki), made with white cabbage and purple cabbage finely chopped, pickled Florina peppers, carrot, celery, parsley, finely chopped garlic, lemon juice, white vinegar, olive oil, salt.
The Linear A tablet PH-1 that was originally found by archaeologist Zakarias Iliakis next to the Phaistos Disc [3]. The Phaistos Disc was discovered in the Minoan palace-site of Phaistos, near Hagia Triada, on the south coast of Crete; specifically the disc was found in the basement of room 8 in building 101 of a group of buildings to the northeast of the main palace.
Fluent movemented designs drawn from flower and leaf forms, painted in reds and black on white grounds predominate, in steady development from Middle Minoan. In LMIB there is a typical all-over leafy decoration, for which first workshop painters begin to be identifiable through their characteristic motifs; as with all Minoan art, no name ever ...
Traditional foods are foods and dishes that are passed on through generations [1] or which have been consumed for many generations. [2] Traditional foods and dishes are traditional in nature, and may have a historic precedent in a national dish, regional cuisine [1] or local cuisine. Traditional foods and beverages may be produced as homemade ...