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  2. Wall Paintings of Thera - Wikipedia

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    The wall paintings of ancient Thera are famous frescoes discovered by Spyridon Marinatos at the excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island of Santorini (or Thera). They are regarded as part of Minoan art , although the culture of Thera was somewhat different from that of Crete , and the political relationship between the two islands at the ...

  3. File:Minoan fresco, showing a fleet and settlement Akrotiri.jpg

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    English: Bronze age 'Flotilla' fresco from room 5, in the west house at the Minoan town of Akrotiri, Santorini, Greece Français : Fresque datant de l'âge de bronze dans la ville minoenne sur le site archéologique d' Akrotiri dans l'île de Santorin , en Grèce .

  4. Akrotiri (prehistoric city) - Wikipedia

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    ktel-santorini.gr. KTEL Buses "Akrotiri of Thera". Odysseus: Archaeological Sites. Greek government, Ministry of Culture and Sports. 2012. Archived from the original on 2007-09-03 "Disaster on Santorini". Kathimerini. 24 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-10-04

  5. Minoan civilization - Wikipedia

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    The "saffron-gatherer" fresco, from the Minoan site of Akrotiri on Santorini. Very little is known about the forms of Minoan government, particularly since the Minoan language has not yet been deciphered. [92] It used to be believed that the Minoans had a monarchy supported by a bureaucracy. [93]

  6. Archaeological Museum of Thera - Wikipedia

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    The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake . Its collection houses artifacts that begin from Proto-Cycladic marble figurines of the 3rd millennium BC, and continue on to the Classical period.

  7. File:Assembly on the hill and the shipwreck, fresco from ...

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    Fresco from the Room 5 of the West House in Akrotiri on Thera (Santorini), from Room 5 of the West House, 17th century BC. Prehistoric Museum of Thira, Fira, Santorini. Čeština: Shromáždění na kopci a ztroskotání lodi.

  8. File:Spring fresco from Akrotiri, NAMA BE 1974.29, 191198.jpg

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    Spring fresco (wall painting) from Akrotiri. Part of the Room D1 from Akrotiri. 16th century BC by desctription in the Museum, rather 17th century BC (before the Thera explosion ca 1628 BC). National Archaeological Museum of Athens BE 1974.29. Width: 5,439 px: Height: 3,626 px: Compression scheme: Uncompressed: Pixel composition: RGB ...

  9. Ancient Thera - Wikipedia

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    A view of the mountaintop ruins of Ancient Thera from Mt. Elias. The theater is built into the slope below the city. Ancient Thera (Greek: Αρχαία Θήρα) is the name of an archaeological site [1] from classical antiquity [2] on the island of Santorini, which sits on the top of a limestone hill called Mesa Vouno.