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editor — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:42:00 +0000

The mural of The Papyrus from ivuiii I in the House of the Women. covered three of the four walls in the room. It portrays a rocky landscape with red lilies. The rocks, some yellow, others green or red, are curiously shaped, like those seen in volcanic areas. From amongst them triple lilies protrude, looking as though they are blowing in the Aegean breeze. These triple lilies are also found in wall-paintings in Crete, but there they are depicted with strict symmetry. Here, above the lilies swallows dart, as if in some courtship ritual. The presence of the swallows indicates

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editor — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 07:03:00 +0000

THE ARTS The earliest art form found in Ancient Thera is pottery from the Geometric period. Thanks to the burial customs just described, many works of pottery have survived in reasonably good condition. Theran ceramics of that period and later, in the orientalising style, were influenced by neighbouring Naxos. Nevertheless, the pottery from this time is perhaps the only work that can be attributed to Theran craftsmen. This is be-cause from the 6th century BC and afterwards, the development of ceramics in other regions and the location of Thera at a crossroads on the trade routes made it easy for

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editor — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 15:21:00 +0000

The composition with the Crocus Gatherers from Xeste 3- This impressive fresco was spread across a number of walls in rooms on the ground floor and upper storey of the house, and shows women with lavish dress and ornaments picking crocus flowers. They are all turning in the direction of a seated female deity, who is protected by a winged griffin and accepts the gifts brought by the crocus gatherers, one of whom puts the flowers in a basket, from which a blue monkey takes them to give to the goddess. The fresco of the Antelopes from room 1 of

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Santorini Map Google

editor — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 17:09:00 +0000

Pyrgos Pyrgos, at the foot of Mt Profitis Ilias, is an example of a settlement that was fortified in the Middle Ages; it is the only village in Santorini where the medieval features and atmosphere have been so vividly preserved. Its streets, which follow the contours of the hillside, divided the village into zones. The walls of the outermost houses were an integral part of the village fortifications. When the danger of pirate raids diminished, the inhabitants started to build homes outside the walls, giving the village its present form. There are many churches worth seeing in Pyrgos. The oldest,

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