Minoan Procession Fresco - Knossos Palace -1500-1400 BC - Heraklion Archaeological Museum
by Paul E Williams
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Minoan Procession Fresco - Knossos Palace -1500-1400 BC - Heraklion Archaeological Museum
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Paul E Williams
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Photograph - Colour Photograph
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The Minoan 'Procession Fresco', wall art from the South Prpylaeum, Knossos Palace, 1500-1400 BC . Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
This latrge Minoan fresco of many figure in procession would have decorated the corridor between the West Porch and the South Propylaeum of Knossos Palace. Both sides of the corridor were painted with hundreds of male and femal;e figures carrying precious utensils and vessels, probably depicting gift bearers to the ruler of the Palace. The composition is much like those found in the Palaces and tombs of Egypt and the near east at the time. Neopalatial final period.
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