#Minoan

Dr Crom

DocCrom

#MuseumsUnlocked - 'Fashion, Clothing and Bodily Adornment'Some examples of #Minoan dress: the 'Saffron Gatherers' Fresco, east wall of Room 3a, Xeste 3, Akrotiri; House of the Ladies, Akrotiri. And of

Dr Crom

DocCrom

#MuseumsUnlocked - 'Stone Tools'Now I know that technically this is volcanic glass, but one of my first research interests was the Aegean and Near Eastern trade in Obsidian, especially its

Evan Levine

LevineRx

A #MuseumsUnlocked on bone & ivory wouldn’t be complete without the masterpiece Palaikastro Kouros! Not only does it highlight the pinnacle of Minoan realism—look at that hand!—its excavation paints a

Jessica Price

Delafina777

Been thinking a lot about the Minoans. Everyone loves the Minoans, right? (If you love the Minoans, you're not going to like this thread.) So, I'm reading this book. I'm

Katy Soar 🏺🏛📷👻

KJSoar

1/17 Good morning Twitter! I’m Katy, lecturer in Greek Archaeology @UoW_Archaeology. Today I want to consider the importance of old postcards for archaeology, & the ways they help us understand

Julia Gottschalk

JuliaCLST6

#CLST6 #Prehistory For my #CYO1 I chose a video lecture about Late Bronze Age Tableware. In this presentation Charles Sturge discusses how he focuses on broad quantitative and qualitiative changes

Trey the Explainer

Trey_Explainer

The “Black Egyptian” theorists are back. For the last time, classifying ancient Egyptians under modern racial categories like “black” or “white” is anachronistic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_race_controversy A

Djehuty

ThePanRamesside

The reddish brown colour typically given for men was the colour used in all ancient art across the Mediterranean Greeks used it, Italians used it, syrians used it, and so

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

Classical architecture is not of one single culture or people or era. It is of the human universal and the core of the human experience, which is eternal. 5000 years:

chloe is fractionally less tired

KloKlo

As y’all enjoyed the collar pins so much, would anyone be interested in greatest hits from the accessory drawers? Bank holidays for me are about chill fabrics and natural materials

You'll Be Alright lol

EasyWorkLmfao

The original people of Southeast Europe were Black. The indigenous people were ethnolinguistically related to the indigenous BLACK people of North Africa AND Southwest Asia AKA "The Middle East".EVERYONE IN

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saffronwave_

I thought it would be best to introduce you all to the world of Saffron Wave before we get into the characters and the story. Not everyone may know about

Lena | Raylla is special

lena_raylla

I can't do art. And my Art Historian brain is on MFS crack. So here it goes. Sorry to all the fellow art historians out there. #MotherlandFortSalem Art History

Sentona 𓅃

sentona97

On the symbolism of warriors, Tartarus and the west.The warrior is the one in close connection to the rebirth aspect because he was closely linked to death itself. Through their

Jamie Tatum

jtatumCLST6

For #CYO1 on #Prehistory #CLST6 I listened to a podcast about mummification practices in ancient Egypt and how they related to class hierarchies. In this podcast episode, bioarcheology is discussed

Emma Welsby

Ros_Lanta

In celebration of #MuseumsUnlocked Animals theme, here is a thread of Minoan bulls (and cows).I'll start with the obvious: the iconic bull-leaping fresco from the Palace at Knossos, 1600-1400 BC.