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Saffron gatherer in fresco from Akrotiri, Thera. Reproductions. 3-D reproductions of the paintings were sponsored by the Thera Foundation as a commission to Kodak ...
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Saffron crocus flowers, represented as small red tufts, are gathered by two women in a fragmentary Minoan fresco from the excavation of Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Santorini. Human cultivation and use of saffron spans more than 3,500 years [1] [2] and extends across cultures, continents, and civilizations.
Springtime landscape in a Fresco from the Bronze Age, Akrotiri The "saffron-gatherers" Excavations starting in 1967 at the Akrotiri site under Spyridon Marinatos have made Thera the best-known Minoan site outside Crete, homeland of the culture. The island was not known as Thera at this time.
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]
A detail from the "Saffron Gatherers" fresco of the "Xeste 3" building. It is one of many depicting saffron; they were found at the Bronze Age settlement of Akrotiri, on the Aegean island of Santorini. Previously, it was theorised that saffron originated in Iran, [17] Greece, [18] Mesopotamia, [17] or Kashmir. [80]
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Frescos first appear in the "Neopalatial Period", in MM IIIA, at the same time as the peak sanctuaries seem to have become less used; [40] the Knossos "Saffron Gatherer" (illustrated below) may be the earliest fresco to leave significant remains. [41]