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They have the advantage of mostly being excavated in a more complete condition, still on their walls, than Minoan paintings from Knossos and other Cretan sites. Most of the frescos are now in the Prehistoric Museum of Thera on Santorini, or the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, which has several of the most complete and famous scenes.
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]
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete.It is one of the largest museums in Greece [1] and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete.
A saffron harvest is shown in the Knossos palace frescoes of Minoan Crete, [27] which depict the flowers being picked by young girls and monkeys. One of these fresco sites is located in the "Xeste 3" building at Akrotiri , on the Aegean island of Santorini —the ancient Greeks knew it as "Thera".
English: The "Blue Boy" or the "Saffron-Gtherer". Minoan fresco from Knossos. The fresco restoration according to Evans, where the blue figure was identified as a young boy. Above the rear of the body is visible tail.
Bull-leaping, very much centred on Knossos, is agreed to have a religious significance, perhaps to do with selecting the elite. The position of the bull in it is unclear; the funeral ceremonies on the (very late) Hagia Triada sarcophagus include a bull sacrifice. [123] The saffron may have had a religious significance. [124] [better source needed]
Part of the palace at Knossos, as controversially reconstructed by Sir Arthur Evans.. Minoan palaces were massive building complexes built on Crete during the Bronze Age.They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist destinations. [1]
The Throne Room was a chamber built for ceremonial purposes during the 15th century BC inside the palatial complex of Knossos, Crete, in Greece.It is found at the heart of the Bronze Age palace of Knossos, one of the main centers of the Minoan civilization and is considered the oldest throne room in Europe.