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Mycenaean Fresco
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Mycenaean Fresco

Mycenaean fresco from Mycenae (1250-1180 BCE). Archeaological Museum Mycenae.
Minoan Woman Fresco, Knossos
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Minoan Woman Fresco, Knossos

A fresco detail from a banquet scene (known as 'La Parisienne') from Knossos, 1400-1350 BCE. The figure, in a robe and with a sacral knot at her neck, is perhaps a priestess. (Archaeological Museum, Heraklion)
Roman Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome
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Roman Fresco, Villa of the Farnesina, Rome

A detail of the 1st century BCE fresco which decorated the dining room (triclinium) of the Villa of the Farnesina in Rome. The long frieze depicts judicial scenes, perhaps famous cases and the events which led to the trial. (Palazzo Massimo...
Roman Fresco of a Banquet Scene, Herculaneum
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Roman Fresco of a Banquet Scene, Herculaneum

Banquet scene in a fresco from Herculaneum, Italy. The woman wears a transparent silk gown while the man to the left raises a rhyton drinking vessel. Made c. 50 BCE, during the Late Roman Republic. Le Musée absolu, Phaidon. 59 (23 in) x 53...
Minoan Bull-leaping Fresco
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Minoan Bull-leaping Fresco

Minoan fresco depicting a bull leaping scene, found in Knossos, 1600-1400 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete.
Papyrus Fresco, Akrotiri
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Papyrus Fresco, Akrotiri

The Papyrus Fresco from the Room of the Ladies from the house of the same name, Akrotiri, Thera. Papyrus is not indigineous to Thera and therefore suggests that the Cycladic artists were borrowing iconography from elsewhere, perhaps Egypt...
Erotic Fresco from the Suburban Baths, Pompeii
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Erotic Fresco from the Suburban Baths, Pompeii

This erotic fresco from the Suburban Baths at Pompeii depicts two women. 1st century CE.
Roman Hermaphrodite Fresco
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Roman Hermaphrodite Fresco

Fresco fragment depicting a hermaphrodite displaying both male and female anatomy, 2nd half of 3rd century CE, from Capua. (Museo Barracco, Rome)
Mycenaean Shield Fresco
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Mycenaean Shield Fresco

A fragment from a fresco from the acropolis of Mycenae depicting the typical figure-of-eight shield design. 15th century BCE. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Port Scene, Fresco from Stabiae
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Port Scene, Fresco from Stabiae

Port scene. Roman Fresco from Stabiae. Perhaps the harbour of Puteoli (ancient Pozzuoli). National Archaeological Museum, Naples
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