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![Beauty in the Bronze Age - Minoan & Mycenaean Fashion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10671.jpg?v=1718223184)
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Beauty in the Bronze Age - Minoan & Mycenaean Fashion
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...
![Pylos](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12825.jpg?v=1640010602)
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Pylos
Pylos was a significant Mycenaean Bronze Age city located in the region of Messenia, Greece. The site is situated on the hill of Ano Englianos and during its Late Bronze Age occupation between c. 1600-1200 BCE it covered a maximum area of...
![Tympanon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13579.jpg?v=1636047903)
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Tympanon
The tympanon (tympanum in Latin) was the most popular frame-drum in ancient Greek music, producing a loud rumbling sound not far from the sound of the orchestral timpani drums today. This percussion instrument was played mainly by women on...
![Hermes](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4604.jpg?v=1659137762)
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Hermes
Hermes was the ancient Greek god of trade, wealth, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves, and travel. One of the cleverest and most mischievous of the 12 Olympian gods, Hermes was their herald and messenger. In that...
![Lycurgus](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16659.png?v=1668412625)
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Lycurgus
Lycurgus is considered the semi-mythical founder of classical Sparta and responsible for all of the city-state’s laws as well as its military and political institutions. He became better known to generations of Spartans as the lawgiver. He...
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Thera
Thera is the ancient name for both the island of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades and the name of the volcano which famously erupted on the island in the middle Bronze Age. The 17th century BCE eruption covered Akrotiri, the most important...
![A Visual Glossary of Greek Pottery](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1205.jpg?v=1672137062)
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A Visual Glossary of Greek Pottery
Alabastron (pl. alabastra) - a small jar for storing perfumes, named after the material (alabaster) the first examples were made from. They were often carried by a string looped around the neck of the vessel. Amphora (pl. amphorae...
![Akrotiri Frescoes](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1361.jpg?v=1638528302)
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Akrotiri Frescoes
The Bronze Age frescoes from Akrotiri on the Aegean island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) provide some of the most famous images from the ancient Greek world. Sometime between 1650 and 1550 BCE Thera suffered a devastating earthquake which...
![The Olive in the Ancient Mediterranean](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5644.jpg?v=1717393036)
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The Olive in the Ancient Mediterranean
Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor...
![Minoan Bee Pendant](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/885.jpg?v=1718223188)
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Minoan Bee Pendant
A solid gold Minoan pendant depicting two bees clutching a honeycomb, Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos near Malia, Crete, 1800-1700 BCE.
Herakleion Archaeological Museum, Crete.