Akrotiri Frescos, Crete
from a peninsula in northern Crete
Ships approaching a city along the mountainous coast, with people watching from the housetops, and in the distance deer in the forest.
Closeup of African-looking people riding in ship festooned with festival decorations. Sea-faring Crete is almost as close to Libya as to Athens. The art shows considerable Egyptian influence, especially in the shoulder-profile representation of humans, and the convention of painting males reddish brown and females light-skinned.
Girls gathering crocuses in the fields.
Closeup of saffron-gatherer. Notice shaved head with topknot.
Goddess with golden monkey and griffin, sitting in temple surrounded by crocuses.
A girl pours a basket full of saffron blossoms into a container.
