Akrotiri Frescos, Crete
from a peninsula in northern Crete

flotilla of ships

Ships approaching a city along the mountainous coast, with people watching from the housetops, and in the distance deer in the forest.


riding in boat

Closeup of African-looking people riding in ship festooned with festival decorations. Sea-faring Crete is almost as close to Libya as to Athens. The art shows considerable Egyptian influence, especially in the shoulder-profile representation of humans, and the convention of painting males reddish brown and females light-skinned.

 

girls gathering saffron

Girls gathering crocuses in the fields.

 

closeup of girl with saffron

Closeup of saffron-gatherer. Notice shaved head with topknot.

goddess receiving saffron from monkey and gatherers

Goddess with golden monkey and griffin, sitting in temple surrounded by crocuses.
A girl pours a basket full of saffron blossoms into a container.

a woman gatheringwoman in golden flounced skirt

Two more women in golden bodices and flounced skirts

Ecstatic Dancers in Crete and Greece

 

 

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