Akrotiri frescoes: Did you mean...?

A large storage pithoi decorated with dolphins and lilies, 17th century BCE, Akrotiri. (Museum of Prehistoric Thera, Santorini).

Dress and appearance in Bronze Age Greece (c. 3100 BCE - c. 1100 BCE) played a part in defining gender roles and emphasising idealized beauty that planted the seed for modern-day standards. The Minoans turned the island of Crete into a Mediterranean...

The Temple of the Frescoes dates to around the 11th century CE while the paintings on the walls inside date to 11th-12th centuries CE. A second storey was added later. Two red hand prints can be seen on this second level thought by some scholars...

The rooms of Minoan frescoes, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion. At the right end is the fresco of the Prince with the Lilies.

Constructed in the 2nd century CE according to a Hellenistic plan, the so-called Villa of the Frescoes in the ancient city of Tisapa (modern Tipaza in Algeria) was a wealthy townhouse of 1,000 square metres (10763 sq ft). It was accessed...

Temple of the Frescoes (foreground) with El Castillo ("the citadel") in the background. Tulum, Mexico, c. 1200 CE.

Facade of the lower storey of The Temple of the Frescoes, Tulum, Mexico, c. 1200 CE.

The Temple of the Frescoes, Tulum, Mexico. 12-15th century CE.

The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii owes its fame to the exquisite wall paintings that cover the walls of one of its reception rooms. A mysterious scene with life-size figures in the Second Pompeian Style seems to depict the initiation...

The Cyclades are a group of islands in the southern Aegean situated between the Greek mainland and Turkey. The name was coined in the Archaic period as the islands form an approximate circle (kyklos) around the central and most sacred island...