Santorini (Thira)
July 20, 2018
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Above: Three large pithoi from 17th century BC Akrotiri in the Prehistoric Museum of Thera, one holding wine, one holding grain and one olive oil.
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1 are two firedogs used in cooking meat, from the 17th century BC.
2 shows a portable clay oven, from the 17th century BC.
3 shows various bronze cooking instruments ... an hydria, two cooking pans, 17th century BC.
4 is a bathtub, 17th century BC.
5 are the ingredients used by Therans in painting frescos and creating motifs on pithoi and designs on jugs and ewars.
6 is wall fresco from the "House of the Ladies", 17th century BC. The style of painting is considered to be Minoan (from the island of Crete),
and are similar in style to ones found at Knossos Palace in Crete.
7 and 8 are ritual vessels used in religious ceremonies ... #7 boars heads and #8 bull rhyta, all from the 17th century BC.
9 is wall fresco of "Quadrupeds", 17th century BC.
10 and 11 show the Blue Monkey fresco, found only in small fragments in Room B6, from the 17th century BC.
The blue monkeys are climbing rocks in an effort to escape the two dogs chasing them.
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