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Fresh Spring Painting
The site of Akrotiri, on the spectacular island of Santorini, is one of the jewels of the Minoan civilization. A volcanic eruption in the mid-second millennium BC buried the city, allowing some frescoes of exceptional importance to this day arrived in an excellent state of preservation. These include the so-called “fresh antelope,” the “cool boxers”, impressive “fresh from the boats,” and perhaps the most beautiful of them all, the “cool spring”. Read the rest of this entry »