Wallpaintings
Up one levelThe famous wallpaintings of Akrotiri
- History of the wallpaintings
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Akrotiri, the ancient city of Santorini, stands a few kilometers away from the capital of the island Fira. It is identified as the best preserved prehistoric site, and is regarded as a crucial site because of that...
- Restoration
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The restoration of the fantastic wall paintings found in Akrotiri
- Pictures of the Akrotiri Wallpaintings
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These pictures are under copyright of the Thera Foundation
- The Wall Paintings in the Bronze Age
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Wall Painting importance in the Bronze Age, in Minoan Crete, Egypt and Thera.
- The Wall Paintings of Akrotiri
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A brief description of the Wall Paintings of the best preserved ancient cities
- The House of the Ladies
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The House of the Ladies is one of the northernmost buildings to have been uncovered at the site of Akrotiri.
- The West House
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Of all the buildings at Akrotiri, the West House is the one which has been most thoroughly investigated.
- Building Complex Delta
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There are four entrances to Complex Delta, corresponding to the four points of the compass and indicating that the building comprises four independent but contiguous units.
- Building Beta
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Building Beta has been so badly destroyed by the seasonal torrent which cut diagonally across it in later times that it is impossible to determine the position of its entrance.
- Xeste 3
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Xeste 3 is the second most fully explored building at Akrotiri. It is a large edifice, the western half of which was at least three storeys high.
- Xeste 4
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Marinatos devoted the fateful 1974 season at Akrotiri to the exploration of Xeste 4.