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Layout map of Akrotiri in the Bronze Age. Pumice, here: northern shelving coast. Eruption of 165 ka buried it all. Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced Greek:) is the site of a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri.
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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 ...
scan from: Dirk Herdemerten: Die Wandmalereien von Thera(santorini). 2007, GRIN Verlag, ISBN 363865821X Improved Version of Image:Akrotiri minoan town.jpg, made by Uploader for the de-Bilderwerkstatt Author
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.
The Akrotiri Boxer Fresco, discovered in 1967, is one of the Wall Paintings of Thera and a leading example of Minoan painting. It is a fresco depicting two young boys wearing boxing gloves and belts and dates back to the Bronze Age , 1700 BC.
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