Ancient Greek temple Pictures, pictures photos and images of Greek Temples. Architecture pictures of Acropolis, Selinute & Agrigento. Greek temples were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in Greek paganism. The temples themselves did usually not directly serve a cult purpose, since the sacrifices and rituals dedicated to the respective deity took place outside them. Temples were frequently used to store votive offerings. They are the most important and most widespread building type in Greek architecture. The basic principles for the development of Greek temple architecture have their roots between the 10th century BC and the 7th century BC. In its simplest form as a Naxosnaos, the temple was a simple rectangular shrine with protruding side walls (antae), forming a small porch. Until the 8th century BC, there were also apsidal structures with more or less semi-circular back walls, but the rectangular type prevailed. By adding columns to this small basic structure, the Greeks triggered the development and variety of their temple architecture. The first Greek temples were mostly mud brick structures on stone foundations. The columns and superstructure (entablature) were wooden, door openings and antae were protected with wooden planks. The mud brick walls were often reinforced by wooden posts, in a type of half-timbered technique. The elements of this simple and clearly structured wooden architecture produced all the important design principles that were to determine the development of Greek temples for centuries. In the 6th century BC, Ionian Samos developed the double-colonnaded dipterous as an alternative to the single peripteros. This idea was later copied in Didyma, Ephesus and Athens. Between the 6th and the late 4th century BC, innumerable temples were built; nearly every polis, every colony contained one or several. There were also temples at extra-urban sites and at major sanctuaries like Olympia and Delphi. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_temple Visit our ANCIENT WORLD PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-World-Art-Antiquities-Historic-Sites-Pictures-Images-of/C00006u26yqSkDOM

Photos images pictures of the wonderful Island of Aegina. Lying in the Saronic Gulf is the peaceful Island of Aegina. This surprising little island boasts an important Doric Temple, a deserted Byzantine town of which only its Orthodox churches with fading frescoes and icons remain, Pistachio nut orchards and its own Saint Nektarios who lived and died on Aegina in 1921. Aegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (27 km) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born in and ruled the island. During ancient times, Aegina was a rival to Athens, the great sea power of the era. The known history of Aegina is almost exclusively a history of its relations with the neighbouring state of Athens, which began to compete with the thalassocracy (sea power) of Aegina about the beginning of the 6th century BC. Solon passed laws limiting Aeginetan commerce in Attica. The legendary history of these relations, as recorded by Herodotus (v. 79–89; vi. 49–51, 73, 85–94), involves critical problems of some difficulty and interest. He traces the hostility of the two states back to a dispute about the images of the goddesses Damia and Auxesia, which the Aeginetes had carried off from Epidauros, their parent state. Aegina belonged to the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire after the division of the Roman Empire in 395. It remained Eastern Roman during the period of crisis of the 7th–8th centuries, when most of the Balkans and the Greek mainland were overrun by Slavic invasions. Indeed, according to the Chronicle of Monemvasia, the island served as a refuge for the Corinthians fleeing these incursions.[28] The island flourished during the early 9th century, as evidenced by church construction activity, but suffered greatly from Arab raids originating from Crete. Various hagiographies record a large-scale raid c. 830, that resulted in the flight of much of the population to the Greek mainland. During that time, some of the population sought refuge in the island's hinterland, establishing the settlement of Palaia Chora. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/aegina-greece.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegina Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures photos images of the Athens Acropolis with images & photos of the Parthenon temple & the Erechtheion. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. The Acropolis was the ancient citadel of Athens sitting on a rock with steep cliffs 150m above the city of Athens, Greece. During the Golden Age of Athens under Pericles, 460-430 BC, many major Greek Temples were built and the Acropolis became the fortified treasury of the Delian League and its funds were used to build the Parthenon. The Parthenon is considered to be the pinnacle of development of the Doric order. Greek architects used optical illusions to make it look symmetrical. The columns bulge as they rise and lean slightly inwards and the west front is built slightly higher than the east front to counter the visual effect of curvature between the two parallel lines of columns. The sculpted friezes and statues of the Parthenon are also thought to be the pinnacle of Greek classical art. The sculptures from the Pediment of the Parthenon depicted scenes from the birth and life of the goddess Athena. The Metope panels depicted scenes of a battle between the Lapiths & Centaurs The friezes depict the annual procession to the Parthenon to make sacrifice to Athena. The other great icon of the Acropolis is the "Porch of the Maidens" on the Erechtheion temple. Built between 421 and 405 BC the temple was dedicated to the Greek hero Erichthonius. The "Porch of the Maidens" uses caryatids which are female figures used as supports instead of columns. When the Roman Empire converted to Christianity the Parthenon became a church. Its pagan artworks were damaged and cult images of Athena were taken to Constantinople. In 1456 Athens fell to the Ottomans are became part of the Ottoman Empire. The Parthenon then became a mosque with a minaret. In 1687 the Venetians attacked Athens. The Acropolis was fortified by the Ottomans and the Parthenon was used as an arsenal. A Venetian mortar made a direct hit on the Parthenon and the arsenal exploded destroying the internal building, the columns of the south side and damaging its sculptures. In 1801 the British Ambassador at Constantinople, Lord Elgin, obtained permission to make casts of what was left of the sculptures on the Acropolis and remove them. Controversy still runs high about this today. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at :https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/acropolis-athens.htmlType into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures photos images of the Aegean Island of Chios, Greece. Chios is a fascinating and unspoilt Island a few kilometres off the Turkish coast. In the south of the Island Mastic trees grow which produce a resin that is a delicacy used in Lokum or Turkish / Greek Delight and in puddings, skin creams and natural gum sweets. Chios is virtually the only place Mastic is produced and in the past this resin was worth more than its weight in gold. When the Genoese governed the southern mastic growing area they build fortified villages whose medieval narrow streets are still unspoilt and in tact. Mastic is not the only unique feature of southern Chios. The village of Pygri has become famous for its unique Xysta, black and white geometric patterns painted on the buildings. The effect of the Xysta are dramatic creating streets alive with a riot of geometric patterns. Nobody is sure where these patterns come from but the geometric shapes could well be traced to the patterns typical in Islamic designs. The middle and north of Chios is dominated by high mountains up to 1297m high and steep cliffs dropping into the Aegean Sea. High up in the mountains in the centre of the Island are the ruins and basilica of The Nea Moni Monastery. The Byzantine of Nea Moni built by Constantine IX and Empress Zoe after the miraculous appearance of an Icon of the Virgin Mary at the site and inaugurated in 1049. The main church has Byzantine mosaics and frescos. The chapel at the gatehouse hold a chilling Ossuary of skulls of victims of the Ottoman sack of Chios. In 1821 the Greeks made a bid for freedom from Ottoman rule and started a War of Independence. When Turkish civilians were massacred the Ottomans took their revenge on Chios just a few kilometres offshore. It is estimated some 25,000 Chiots lost their lives in the sack of Chios and only the people from the Mastic area in the south were spared as Mastic was one of the Sultans favourite food. Several hundred priests and hiding civilians were massacred in Nea Moni and the Monastery was looted. Villagers dived off high cliffs to their deaths rather than face a ruthless death or worse at the hand of the Ottoman troops. This tragic period of the history of Chios has left uninhabited villages in the centre of the Island. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/chios.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chios Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures Photos images of Corfu Island & Corfu city, photos of the Corfu coast and landmarks. Corfu is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the second largest of the Ionian Islands,[2] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the edge of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The island is bound with the history of Greece from the beginning of Greek mythology. Its Greek name, Kerkyra or Korkyra, is related to two powerful water symbols: Poseidon, god of the sea, and Asopos, an important Greek mainland river. According to myth, Poseidon fell in love with the beautiful nymph Korkyra, daughter of Asopus and river nymph Metope, and abducted her. Poseidon brought Korkyra to the hitherto unnamed island and, in marital bliss, offered her name to the place: Korkyra which gradually evolved to Kerkyra (Doric).Together, they had a child they called Phaiax, after whom the inhabitants of the island were named: Phaiakes. This term was transliterated via Latin to Phaeacians. The island's history is laden with battles and conquests. The legacy of these struggles is visible in the form of castles punctuating strategic locations across the island. Two of these castles enclose its capital, which is the only city in Greece to be surrounded in such a way. As a result, Corfu's capital has been officially declared a Kastropolis ("castle city") by the Greek government. Corfu was long controlled by Venice, which repulsed several Turkish sieges, before falling under British rule following the Napoleonic Wars. Corfu was eventually ceded by the British Empire along with the remaining islands of the United States of the Ionian Islands, and unification with modern Greece was concluded in 1864 under the Treaty of London. In 2007, the city's old city was designated for the UNESCO World Heritage List. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/corfugreece.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corfu Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures & images of Delos Island, Greece. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. The island of Delos is near Mykonos, at the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean; ongoing work takes place under the direction of the French School at Athens and many of the artifacts found are on display at the Archaeological Museum of Delos and the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Delos had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. From its Sacred Harbour, the horizon shows the two conical mounds (image below) that have identified landscapes sacred to a goddess in other sites: one, retaining its pre-Greek name Mount Kynthos, is crowned with a sanctuary of Zeus. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures photos images of the archaeological site of Delphi, with images & photos of Delphi Museum. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python, a dragon who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth. Apollo spoke through his oracle: the sibyl or priestess of the oracle at Delphi was known as the Pythia, who sat on a tripod seat over an opening in the earth. The great and the good of the ancient world travelled to Delphi to ask the Oracle important questions. The Oracle would breath in gasses that came from the opening and go into a violent trance. Her rantings or babbling were translated by priests into eloquent statements that could be interpreted by the questioner in several ways. Many famous misinterpretations by the questions led to disaster such as when Croesus, the fabulously rich Lydian King, asked if he should go to war with Persia. He was told that if he did so a great empire would fall. So he went to war and lost as it was his great Empire not the Persian Empire that fell. So the Delphic Oracle would have been right either way. Apollo's sacred precinct in Delphi was a panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years, starting in 776 BC[4] athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games, the precursor of the Olympic Games. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/delphi-site-greece.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw

Pictures, Images & photos of Hydra Island Greece. Located in the Aegean sea between the Saronic and Argolic gulfs Hydra is a fascinating island with no roads or cars. Hydra, the main town nestles on steep hills that rise up from a natural harbour full of small fishing boats. Steep flights of steps lead up from the harbour through small alleys to beautiful Greek villas that would have been the homes of the wealthy ships captains that came from Hydra. Everything from the building materials to the new fridges that are delivered at the dock are moved by donkeys or pack horses that climb nimbly up the steep flights of steps. Hidden high in the mountainous interior of Hydra are the Orthodox monasteries of Profitas LLias and Ayia Efpraxia. Small paths lead up from the harbour at Hydra through the wooded slopes of the island revealing breathtaking views of the tiny island. The remote monastery of Profitas LLias sits on top of the central mountain and you will be welcomed by one of the monks who will offer you water and Greek delight and a seat to rest on. There is no beach in Hydra but a 30 minute walk along the coast, or a short boat ride leads to Vylcosh Village which has a lovely small beach with umbrellas. The harbour of Hydra with its cafes & tavernas contrast with the serene uninhabited mountains and the beautiful little beaches of Hydra to make a fantastic and unique Greek stop over for a few days. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures, Photos & images of Ios Island Greece. Situated half way between Santorini & Naxos in the Cyclades Islands, Ios is a hilly island with one popular beach resort and a beautiful hill top Chora deserted bays to explore. The main town of Ios known as the Chora is full of typical Cyclades white buildings and blue domed churches. Its medieval alleyways lead up to the top of the hill it is built on to 3 small Orthodox chapels that look down on its main harbour, Ormos, below. From here you can also look down upon the prehistoric village of Skaros and the remains of its village walls. For the party lovers Mylopotas has been developed into resort that parties all night. If this is not your scene don't be put off because the revellers never venture further that the clubs in the Chora. Around the island are deserted beaches, some with tavernas and small hotels, where you can get away from the crowd and enjoy the turquoise sea in peace. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Photos and pictures of Kea Island, Greece. Kea is an ancient Greek island and has one of the oldest archaic greek statues in the form of a lion carved on a rock. Its Chora is set on a high hill in the centre of the island. Kea is a tranquil Island surrounded by quiet beaches with classic Greek Tavernas serving local fish. Kea Island Greece. Kea , also known as Gia or Tzia , Zea, and, in antiquity, Keos , is a Greek island in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Kea is part of the Kea-Kythnos regional unit. Its capital, Ioulis, is inland at a high altitude (like most ancient Cycladic settlements, for fear of pirates) and is considered quite picturesque. Other major villages of Kea are the port of Korissia and the fishing village of Vourkari. After suffering depopulation for many decades, Kea has been recently rediscovered by Athens as a convenient destination for weekends and yachting trips. Kea is the location of a bronze-aged settlement at the site now called Ayia Irini, which reached its height in the Late Minoan and Early Mycenaean eras (1600-1400 BCE). During the classical period, Kea (Ceos) was the home of Simonides and of his nephew Bacchylides, both ancient Greek lyric poets, of the Sophist Prodicus, and of the physician Erasistratus. The inhabitants were known for offering sacrifices to the Dog Star, Sirius and to Zeus to bring cooling breezes while awaiting for the reappearance of Sirius in summer; if the star rose clear, it would portend good fortune; if it was misty or faint, then it foretold (or emanated) pestilence. Coins retrieved from the island from the 3rd century BC feature dogs or stars with emanating rays, highlighting Sirius' importance.[ During the Byzantine period, many churches were built and the prosperity of the island rose. Kea was Byzantine until, in 1204, it was captured by the Venetians in the wake of the fourth crusade. It was recaptured by the Byzantines under Licario in 1278. In 1296, it fell to the Venetians again, who soon built a castle on the ancient acropolis of Ioulis. Kea was taken from the Venetians by the Ottoman Turks in 1527. Along with the rest of the Cyclades, Kea joined Greece following the Greek War of Independence in 1821. HMHS Britannic, the largest ship sunk in World War I and sister ship to the RMS Titanic, sunk off Kea island in 1916. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Kefalonia Pictures or Cephalonia Island photos, Greece. Images of the popular touris island of Cephalonia with pictures of beaches and photos of Cephalonias tourist destintions. Buy stock photos, photo art prints, cards & posters The island of Kefalonia, usually known in English as Cephalonia and also known as Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of 302 sq. miles. It is also a separate peripheral unit of the Ionian Islands Periphery, and the only municipality of the peripheral unit. The capital of Cephalonia is Argostoli. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures, images & photos of Knossos Palace the largest Bronze Age Minoean archaeological site on Crete. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. Knossos or Cnossos, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period, the name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The palace of Knossos eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at some unknown time at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c. 1380–1100 BC. The palace of Knossos was by far the largest, covering three acres with its main building alone and five acres when separate out-buildings are considered. It had a monumental staircase leading to state rooms on an upper floor. A ritual cult centre was on the ground floor. The palace stores occupied sixteen rooms, the main feature in these being the pithoi that were large storage jars up to five feet tall. They were mainly used for storage of oil, wool, wine, and grain. Smaller and more valuable objects were stored in lead-lined cists. The palace had bathrooms, toilets, and a drainage system.A theatre was found at Knossos that would have held 400 spectators (an earlier one has been found at Phaestos). The orchestral area was rectangular, unlike later Athenian models, and they were probably used for religious dances. Building techniques at Knossos were typical. The foundations and lower course were stonework with the whole built on a timber framework of beams and pillars. The main structure was built of large, unbaked bricks. The roof was flat with a thick layer of clay over brushwood. Internal rooms were brightened by light-wells and columns of wood, many fluted, were used to lend both support and dignity. The chambers and corridors were decorated with frescoes showing scenes from everyday life and scenes of processions. Warfare is conspicuously absent. The fashions of the time may be seen in depictions of women in various poses. They had elaborately dressed hair and wore long dresses with flounced skirts and puffed sleeves. Their bodices were tightly drawn in round their waists and their breasts were exposed. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w Add photos of Minoan Knossos using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/minoan-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Photos and pictures of Naxos Island, Greece. The largest of the Greek Cyclades Islands, Naxos has been an important Island since archaic times. A great island to explore with many walks to old monasteries and quiet beaches and cove away from the popular tourist beaches. Naxos is a Greek island, the largest in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean. It was the centre of archaic Cycladic culture.According to Greek mythology, the young Zeus was raised in a cave on Mt. Zas ("Zas" meaning "Zeus"). Homer mentions "Dia"; literally the sacred island "of the Goddess". Karl Kerenyi explains (speaking as if he were an ancient Greek): “This name, Dia, which means 'heavenly' or 'divine', was applied to several small craggy islands in our [Aegean] sea, all of them lying close to larger islands, such as Crete or Naxos. The name "Dia" was even transferred to the island of Naxos itself, since it was more widely supposed than any other to have been the nuptial isle of Dionysus. “ (Kerenyi 1951 pp. 271–272) One legend has it that in the Heroic Age before the Trojan War, Theseus abandoned the princess Ariadne of Crete on this island after she helped him kill the Minotaur and escape from the Labyrinth. Dionysus (god of wine, festivities, and the primal energy of life) who was the protector of the island, met Ariadne and fell in love with her. But eventually Ariadne, unable to bear her separation from Theseus, either killed herself (according to the Athenians), or ascended to heaven (as the older versions had it). The Naxos portion of the Ariadne myth is also told in the Richard Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos. The giant brothers Otus and Ephialtes figure in at least two Naxos myths: in one, Artemis bought the abandonment of a siege they laid against the gods, by offering to live on Naxos as Otus's lover; in another, the brothers had actually settled Naxos. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures, Images and photos of Nea Moni is a Byzantine Monastery built by Constantine IX and Empress Zoe after the miraculous appearance of an Icon of the Virgin Mary at the site and inaugurated in 1049. The middle and north of Chios is dominated by high mountains up to 1297m high and steep cliffs dropping into the Aegean Sea. High up in the mountains in the centre of the Island are the ruins and basilica of The Nea Moni Monastery. The Byzantine of Nea Moni built by Constantine IX and Empress Zoe after the miraculous appearance of an Icon of the Virgin Mary at the site and inaugurated in 1049. The main church has original Byzantine mosaics and frescos. The Monastery was home to several hundred priests and its ruins are un-excavated deep in the undergrowth of a large site on the side of a mountain. Apart from the main church there are a couple of houses, a small museum and outbuildings in tact around the main church. The chapel at the gatehouse hold a chilling Ossuary of skulls of victims of the Ottoman sack of Chios. In 1821 the Greeks made a bid for freedom from Ottoman rule and started a War of Independence. When Turkish civilians were massacred the Ottomans took their revenge on Chios just a few kilometres offshore. It is estimated some 25,000 Chiots lost their lives in the sack of Chios and only the people from the Mastic area in the south were spared as Mastic was one of the Sultans favourite food. Several hundred priests and hiding civilians were massacred in Nea Moni and the Monastery was looted. Villagers dived off high cliffs to their deaths rather than face a ruthless death or worse at the hand of the Ottoman troops. This tragic period of the history of Chios has left uninhabited villages in the centre of the Island. Today the monastery which became a nunnery has one Nun who has lived in the monastery since entering it as a young women. There is still a thriving congregation that comes from all over the island to worship every Sunday and enjoy the undoubted peaceful atmosphere that is associated with Holy places. To see more photos of Chios Island visit our Chios Photo gallery at : http://bit.ly/GO9i8h Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Meteora Monasteries Greece pictures, images fotos & photos of the Orthodox monasteries on top of their pillars of rock. Buy stock pictures, photoart prints & cards of Meteora Mountains famous Cliff top Monasteries. In the sixteenth century there were 24 monasteries but today only 6 remain. Each monastery has a winch house with a rope net that is lowered to haul up provisions. Originally pilgrims had to climb up precarious rope ladders to make their devotions in the monastery churches. Today a visit is less hazardous as steps have been cut into the cliffs that snake up to the monasteries. In 420 Simeon, a Syrian Christian Monk, decided to escape the world and become a Hermit. He built a 15.2m (50ft) high pillar and somehow lived on the top, exposed to the elements, until his death. This inspired Christians for centuries like the hermits that originally inhabited the caves in the lower pillars of the Pindos Mountains from the 10 century. In the fourteenth century monastery building started in earnest when a monk from Mount Athos, Athanasios Koinovitis, climbed a pinnacle known as the Plathy Lithos because of its wide plateau on top. Here, with a group of followers, he built the first buildings of the Metéoron monastery. In 1388 Thessaly was ruled by a Serbian King and his son, Loasaf, became a pupil of Athanasios at the Metéoron. The King extended the monastery which became an important center of learning with many fine illuminated codecs and important Byzantine frescos in its church. 23 more monasteries were built over the next 2 centuries and precious relics and icons found safety in the impregnable monasteries such as the finger of St John and the shoulder blade of St Andrew in the monastery of Varlaám. It is a marvel that 600 years ago men could build such wonderful buildings at the top of high isolated rock pillars without cranes or mechanical aides. Since the building of a paved road into the mountains in the 1960s, tourists have been able to visit the Meteora Monasteries and marvel at beauty and serenity of the captivating Byzantine buildings set against the dramatic backdrop of the Pindos Mountains. UNESCO added the Meteora to its world heritage list and from 1972 the 6 remaining monasteries have been under renovation repairing damage from neglect and earthquakes. The Meteora Monasteries are one of the most extraordinary sights in the world and are a reminder of how religious devotion can drive men to great feats of architecture and art in search of salvation. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Monemvasia Greece pictures, images fotos & photos of the Monemvasia is a town located on a small peninsula off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The peninsula is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some 100 metres above sea level, up to 300 m wide and 1 km long, the site of a powerful medieval fortress. The town walls and many Byzantine churches remain from the mediaeval period. The seat of the municipality is the town Molaoi. The town's name derives from two Greek words, mone and emvasia, meaning "single entrance". Its Italian form, Malvasia, gave its name to Malmsey wine. Monemvasia's nickname is the Gibraltar of the East or The Rock. The town and fortress were founded in 583 by people seeking refuge from the Slavic and the Avaric invasion of Greece. A history of the invasion and occupation of the Peloponnese was recorded in the medieval Chronicle of Monemvasia. From the 10th century AD, the town developed into an important trade and maritime centre. The fortress withstood the Arab and Norman invasions in 1147; cornfields that fed up to 30 men were tilled inside the fortress. William II of Villehardouin took it in 1248, on honourable terms, after three years of siege; in 1259 William was captured by the Greeks after the battle of Pelagonia and in 1262 it was retroceded to Michael VIII Palaiologos as part of William's ransom. It remained part of the Byzantine empire until 1460, becoming the seat of an Imperial governor, a landing place for Imperial operations against the Franks, the main port of shipment (if not always production) for Malmsey wine, and one of the most dangerous lairs of corsairs in the Levant. The Emperors gave it valuable privileges, attracting Roger de Lluria who sacked the lower town in 1292. The town welcomed the Catalan Company on its way eastward in 1302. In 1397 Theodore I Palaiologos deposed the local dynast of Monemvasia, who appealed to Sultan Bayezid I and was reinstated by Turkish troops. In 1419 the rock appears to have come into the possession of Venice, though it soon returned to the Despot. About 1401, the historian George Sphrantzes was born in the town. After the fall of Constantinople Monemvasia held out against the threats of Sultan Mehmed II in 1458 and 1460, when it became the only remaining domain of the Despot of Morea, Thomas Palaiologos, claimant of the Imperial throne. He had no forces to defend it; he offered it to the Sultan, and finally sold it to the Pope. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.. Visit our GREEK HISTORIC PLACES PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures & images & photos of the archaeological site of Mycenae, Greece in the north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. In the second millennium BC Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilisation, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. A settlement has existed at Mycenae since 2000 B.C and in the period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC it is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. The Mycenae city walls are typified by the huge blocks of stone that make them. This style known as cyclopean because the blocks of stone used were so massive that they were thought in later ages to be the work of the one-eyed giants known as the cyclopes. With an average weight of 10 tons the outer walls of Mycenae are still preserved up to 12.5M. The lintels over the Lions gate weighs over 20 tons and the lintel over the entrance of the Tholos treasury of Arteus is estimated at 100 tons. To move stoners of this size today would be a monumental engineering task so perhaps over 3500 years ago the ancient Mycenaeans did have the help of a Cyclops !. Mycenaeans were famous in the ancient world for their pottery and this was exported from cities like Mycenae all over the ancient world as far as the middle Danube. Mycenaean pottery spans all of the styles of Greek pottery from the earliest geometric style to the later pictorial styles. Mycenae was excavated in 1874 by Heinrich Schliemann who discovered the ancient shaft graves of Grave Circle A with their royal skeletons and spectacular grave goods. Upon discovering a human skull beneath a gold death mask in one of the tombs, he declared: "I have gazed upon the face of Agamemnon". In our photography collection of Mycenae we have photos of 3 of the gold masks found by Schliemann from the Athens Archaeological Museum. Visit our MYCENAEN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean archaeology sites ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Pictures of Mykonos Island Greece, Mykonos is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. In ancient times, Mykonos, due to its proximity to the then highly populated island of Delos (situated about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away), became very important as a supply island and possibly as a getaway location for Delian citizens. In Greek mythology Mykonos was the location of the battle between Zeus and the Titans, and the island was named in honor of Mykons, son of Anios who was a son of Apollo and nymph named Rio. The Mykonos windmills are iconic feature of the Greek island of the Mykonos. The island is one of the Cyclades islands, which neighbour Delos in the Agean Sea. The windmills can be seen from every point of the village of Mykonos, the island's principal village, which is oftenly called the Chora (which translates to "Country" in Greek, but refers to an island's "Town") on Greek islands. The windmills are the first thing seen when coming into the harbour of Alefkandra, as they stand on a hill overlooking the area. Most windmills face towards the North where the island's climate sources its strongest winds over the largest part of the year. There are currently 16 windmills on Mykonos of which seven are positioned on the famous landmak hill in Chora. Most of them were built by the Venetians in the 16th century, but construction continued into the early 20th century. The Church of Panagia Paraportiani is situated in the neighbourhood of Kastro, in the town of Chora, on the Greek island of Mykonos. Its name literally means "Our Lady of the Side Gate" in Greek, as its entrance was found in the side gate of the entrance to the Kastro area. The building of this church started in 1425 and was not completed until the 17th century. This impressive, whitewashed church actually consists of five other churches attached all together: the four churches (Saint Estathios, Saint Sozon, Saints Anargyroi and Saint Anastasia) are all on the ground and constitute the base of the fifth church that has been built on top of them. This architectural spottiness has made Panagia Paraportiani the most photographed church on Mykonos. Petros was a Great White Pelican, who was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos. In 1958 a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos shore by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name “Petros”, as a joke between the locals, as "petro" in Greek means rock, stone but metaphorically Old and Grumpy[citation needed]. To great disappointment by locals and tourists alike, Petros was hit by a car on 2 December 1985 and failed to recover. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures of the Byzantine City of Mythras ruins, Greece. Images of the Byzantine Orthodox frescos & icons. Mystras established in 1205 after the conquest of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade by Prince William II Villehardouin & capital of the Byzantine Despotate of The Morea in the 14th & 15th centuries. Mystras was the last Byzantine stronghold surrendered by Demetrius Palaeologus to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmen II in 1460. The City sits on a steep mountain slope of the edge of the valley of Sparti ( ancient Sparta) with a fortress at the top and the ruins of the Byzantine city & monasteries below surrounded by a city wall. Under the despot Theodore Mystras became the second most important city in the empire after Constantinople, and William II's palace became the second residence of the emperors. The frescos in the Peribleptos Church, dating between 1348 and 1380, are a very rare surviving late Byzantine cycle, crucial for the understanding the development of humanism in Byzantine art that fuelled the Renaissance in Western art. Mystras was also the last centre of Byzantine scholarship; the Neoplatonist philosopher George Gemistos Plethon lived there until his death in 1452. He and other scholars based in Mystras influenced the Italian Renaissance, especially after he accompanied the emperor John VIII Palaiologos to Florence in 1439. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures images and photos of the ancient Greek Doric Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. The temple of Poseidon at Sounion was constructed around 444–440 BC during the era of the Athenian statesman Pericles, who also rebuilt the Parthenon in Athens. Today the temple ruins are a landmark sight raised above the sea on the cape and visible to the ferries leaving Piraeus on their way to the Greek Islands. In ancient times the temple complex and its impressive temple would have demonstrated Athens wealth and importance to all visitors by sea. The temple was also built by the sea which was the realm of Poseidon. The temple had a front portico with six Doric columns and 16 out of the 38 columns are standing today. The temple closely resembles the contemporary and well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus beneath the Acropolis, which may have been designed by the same architect. The columns are of the Doric Order. They were made of white marble quarried locally at Laureotic Olympus. They were 6.10 m (20 ft) tall, with a diameter of 1m (3.1ft) at the base and 79 cm (31inches) at the top. At the centre of the temple was an enclosed hall ( the naps) with a door at one end which housed a colossal, ceiling-height (6 metres (20 ft)) bronze statue of Poseidon. Efforts at restoring and preserving the remains of the Poseidon temple began in 1875. The monument's present state is due to the work performed in the 1950s by the Greek Archaeological Service. Browse or download a royalty free photos or buy as photo art prints on line

Pictures, images and photos of Rhodes city on the Island of Rhodes (Rodos) , Greece. Rhodes is an ancient settlement of the Dodecanese islands and has been settled since pre history. Today the medieval city is dominated by the Palace of the Grand Master whose medieval battlements look more like a town in northern Europe than in Greece. This was built by the Knights Hospitallers who founded a hospital in Jerusalem in 1023 to care for sick and injured pilgrims to the Holy Land. After the First Crusade in 1099 the order became a religious military order and following the fall of the Holy Land to the Muslim forces in the 13th century the Knights Hospitalers set up their headquarters in Rhodes. After the Knights Templar were dissolved in 1312 the Hospitallers were given their property and the holdings in Rhodes were organised into Priories of eight languages one each in Crown of Aragon, Auvergne, Castile, England, France, Germany, Italy, and Provence. Each of these was organised under a Grand Prior who inturn were under the Grand Master. As well as caring for the sick and as military knights The Hospitallers acted as a banking system for merchants from the west. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 Sultan Mehmed II made the knights a priority target. It wasn't until 1522 though that a force of 200,00 men under Suleiman the Magnificent forced the 7,000 men at arms of the Hospitalers to abandon Rhodes and retreat to Sicily. The medieval city of Rhodes is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site and under the Italian rule of Mussolini the Palace of the Grand Master was renovated as a retreat for himself and King Victor Emmanuel. The city has a Jewish quarter with a memorial to the Jews that lived there and died under fascist repression. There is also a Turkish quarter with mosques and the old shops of the Bazaar selling tourist trinkets. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures, Images & Photos of Santorini Island and its dramatic volcanic crater & whitewashed villages & churches. High on any travel "must see" list of European destinations has to be the Greek Cyclades Island of Santorini and in particular the town of Oia. With good reason Oia is one of the most visited destinations in Greece. It has a captivating charm that combined with boutique hotels make it an obvious destination for the discerning traveler and those looking for a romantic destination to get married in. Santorini Islands are located in the Aegean Sea about 200KM (120 miles) from the Greek mainland. They are the remnants of an old Volcanic island that exploded with such force about 3,600 years that the fall out probably caused the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the nearby island of Crete. Santorini is a crescent shaped archipelago of islands surrounding a central caldera. The largest island of Thira, next Therasia and the smallest Aspronisi. These surrounds a huge central lagoon about 12 x 7 km across with a small volcanic island, Nea Kameni, in the middle which has been dormant since 1950. The natural harbour of the caldera has high steep cliffs that rise out of the sea to create a natural defense for the island and a safe haven for shipping. High above the sea on the cliff tops are some of the most picturesque villages in Greece & Europe. The most famous town is of Santorini is Oia. It is at one end of the crescent shaped Thira Island at the point where there is a break in the archipelago between Thira and Therasia. The early inhabitants of Oia used the cliffs to good advantage to make cave dwellings in the soft volcanic rock. These stayed cool in the summer and warm in the winter and set high above the sea were hidden from the Saracen pirates that plundered the Mediterranean coast and islands for hundreds of years in the middle ages. In more peaceful times the buildings of Oia were extended outside the cliffs dwellings and a simple low square style of building developed with arched vaulted roofs. These are painted white to reflect the heat of the sun and hang precariously on the high cliffs shining out against dramatic black volcanic rock. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/santorini-greece.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures, Images & Photos of Syros, or Siros or Syra a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Vari. Ermoupoli is the capital of the island and of the Cyclades. It has always been a significant port town, and during the 19th century it was even more significant than Piraeus. Ermoupoli, stands on a naturally amphitheatrical site, with neo-classical buildings, old mansions and white houses cascading down to the harbour. The City Hall, where Miaoulis Square lies ringed with cafes and with seating areas under palm trees, has a grandeur all of its own. It was first called Syra, then Syros or Siros, and appears in ancient times to have been inhabited by the Phoenicians. In the Odyssey, Syros was the country of the swineherd Eumaeus who described it at length (Odyssey, XV, 403 sq.). The island was also the home of the philosopher Pherecydes, the teacher of Pythagoras. It possessed two leading cities, Syros (now the modern Ermoupoli) and another city on the western coast where stands to-day Galissas. The island did not play an important role during antiquity nor the early Christian years[citation needed], it was not even a diocese at a time when even the smallest island possessed its bishop. During Roman times the capital of Syros was situated in the area of contemporary Ermoupoli. At the end of ancient times, the barbarian raids and piracy, which had surged the Aegean for many centuries, led Syros to decline. The island, along with the other Cyclades, was devastated several times during the Middle Ages by raiders from different directions including Sicilians, Arabs, Turks, and Venetians. In the Byzantine years Syros constituted part of the Aegean Dominion, along with the rest of the Cycladic islands. After the overthrow of the Byzantium in the Fourth Crusade by the Venetians and Franks in 1204, was definitively conquered by the Venetians under the leadership of Marco Sanudo and would remain under Venetian rule until 1522. It was included in the Ducat of the Aegean. It was at this time that Ano Syros was founded. During the Latin period, the majority of the local community were Roman Catholics, but maintained the Greek language. During the reign of almost three and a half centuries of the Ducat of the Aegean, Syros had a singular feudal regime. By the 16th century, the Ottoman fleet became dominant in the Aegean and the Ducat fell apart. In 1522 the corsair Barbarossa took possession of the island, which would be known as "Sire" during Ottoman rule. Syros. However, negotiations of the local authorities with the Ottomans gave the Cyclades substantial privileges, such as the reduction of taxes and religious freedom. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Photos photos pictures of Tiryns archaeological site, Greece. Tiryns, along with Mycenae, is one of the two imposing ruins of the greatest cities of the Mycenaean civilisation, which dominated the eastern Mediterranean world from the 15th to the 12th century B.C. Both are indissolubly linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Mycenaean civilisation laid the foundations for the evolution of later European cultures, including classical Greek architecture and urban design, and consequently also on contemporary cultural forms. The Mycenaeans used Linear B which is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek dated to about 1450 BC. Tiryns has been occupied since Neolithic times and ruins remain from the early Bronze, 3000BC. Tiryns flourished during the Mycenaean period. A new fortified palace complex was constructed in the 14th century BC. The defences were extended in the early 13th century BC, and the Lower Citadel was also fortified. Following earthquake and fire damage, the site was reconstructed, the new defences enclosing an area of 20ha; the extra-mural settlement covered more than 25ha. The typical Mycenaean fortifications at Tiryns are characterised by the gigantic size of the stones used . Homer described them as "mighty walled Tiryns”. The organisation and skill required to move such monumental stones into place gives an idea of the sophistication of the Mycenaean civilisation. The famous megaron of the palace of Tiryns has a large reception hall, the main room of which had a throne placed against the right wall and a central hearth bordered by four Minoan-style wooden columns that served as supports for the roof. Two of the three walls of the megaron were incorporated into an archaic temple of Hera. The decline of Tiryns and Mycenae was sudden and is linked to the mysterious Late Bronze Age collapse in the Aegean region which lunged the region into a “Dark Ages”. With the collapse of written records along with all of the great Aegean and Middle Eastern civilisations between 1206 and 1150 BC, it has long been debated what actually happened during this period. Most academics link this collapse to the so called Dorian Invasion but the collapse also is around the cataclysmic volcanic eruption on Santorini which was so great that its ash can be found all around the world. Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. USEFUL LINKS Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiryns Visit our MYCENAEN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ If you prefer to buy from our ALAMY PHOTO LIBRARY Collection visit : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/tiryns-mycenaean-site.html to refine search type subject etc into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY

Pictures images photos of the Greek temples of Apollo and Aphaea (Aphaia) on the Greek Saronic Island of Aegina, Greece. Photos by photographer Paul E Williams. The Greek goddess Aphaea or Aphaia is exclusive to the island of Aegina. The myth of Aphaea dates back into the Ancient Era from about the 14th century BC and could have been a Minoan Goddess. Aphaea was the goddesses of fertility and was worshipped to bring good fortune to farmers of Aegina. The Greek archaic temple built on Aegina to Aphaea is of the Doric order and was constructed in about 500BC. The slender Doric columns and the relative proportions of the temple of Aphaea led experts to associate the temple with the female goddess. The site of the Temple of Aphaea was excavated by German archaeologists who recovered enough o the Archaic Temple to make an extensive reconstruction in 1988. Just north of the town of Aegina at the ancient city of Kolona is a small hill that overlooks a bay. This was the site of the Temple of Apollo built around 520 BC. Little remains today of the Temple of Apollo as it was destroyed by zealous Christian in the 4th century AD. The single column that remains is a poignant reminder of the great pagan Doric temples the Greeks built. Download and buy pictures of the Temple of Aphaea and the Temple of Apollo on Aegina Island as stock Photos or as photo wall art. If you prefer you can download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/aegina-greece.html Type into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding subect etc USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Aphaea Visit our GREECE PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Greece-Photos-of-Greek-Historic-Landmark-Sites/C0000w6e8OkknEb8

Pictures, images & photos of Thessaloniki ( Θεσσαλονίκη ) also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica. Thessaloniki is an ancient historic city that is the second largest in Greece. It is the capital of ancient Macedon and Thrace and had an equal status with Constantinople during the Byzantine Eastern Roman Empires rule. Founded in 315 BC by King Cassander of Macedon who named it after Thessaloniki, the half sister of Alexander The Great. In 168 BC Macedon fell to the Romans and Thessaloniki became an important Roman trading centre. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 Thessalonica became the second city of the Eastern Roman Empire with a population of 100,000. From the 6th century Thessaloniki was a precious target for waves of invaders starting with the Avars & slavs who successfully laid siege to the city several times. The Byzantine Empire regained control only to loose the city for a short time to Arab invaders in 904. After the sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 Thessaloniki became part of the Frankish Kingdom of Thessalonica ruled by Baldwin of Flanders. In 1224 the Byzantine Emperors regained Constantinople and Thessalonica was retaken by the Despot of Epirus for the Empire. On March 29th 1430 Ottoman Sultan Murad II sacked and pillaged Thessalonica and it became an important trading centre of the Ottoman Empire until its fall at the end of the First World War in 1916. Due to a great fire in 1917 and heavy bombardment in the Second World War, little of old Thessaloniki remains apart from its Byzantine & Monasteries that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.The Paleochristian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki survived as fine examples early Roman & Byzantine Basilicas. These churches were decorated with Byzantine mosaics & frescos which were either removed or plastered over when they were converted to mosques by the Ottomans. Many have been restored and early Byzantine frescos revealed with 13 being listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites: . Buy as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints.

Pictures photos Images of the National Archaeological Museum Athens antiquities and artefacts. The Athens museum collections have artefacts from the earliest neolithic periods of Greece. Important collections of the Mycenaeans include the death masks & pots from the Circle A graves of Mycenae. Minoan art is well represented in the museum collections with frescos from Akrotiri. Classic greek sculpture and pottery from all periods of Greek history are also to be found in the museum collections. he National Archaeological Museum in Athens houses some of the most important artefacts from a variety of archaeological locations around Greece from prehistory to late antiquity. It is considered one of the greatest museums in the world and contains the richest collection of artifacts from Greek antiquity worldwide. Mycenean civilization is represented by stone, bronze and ceramic pots, figurines, ivory, glass and faience objects, golden seals and rings from the vaulted tombs in Mycenae and other locations in the Peloponnese (Tiryns and Dendra in Argolis, Pylos in Messinia and Vaphio in Lakonia). Of great interest are the two golden cups from Vafeio showing a scene of the capture of a bull. TO SEARCH THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ATHENS TYPE SUBJECT, CIVILISATION, BACKGROUND COLUR etc INTO THE SAERCH THIS GALLERY BOX USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens Visit our ANCIENT WORLD PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-World-Art-Antiquities-Historic-Sites-Pictures-Images-of/C00006u26yqSkDOM Add photos of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens ancient antiquities using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at : https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock . Type - Athens Museum - into LOWER search box. (TIP - Refine search by adding a background colour as well).

Pictures photos images of Minoan paintings, Minoan pottery, Minoan antiquities and artefacts from the very best Minoan museum collections. The Minoans were a Bronze Age Aegean civilization inhabiting the island of Crete and surrounding Aegean Islands from around 3000 BC to 1100 BC. Sir Arthur Evans excavations at Knossos began in Marc h 1900 and led him to believe that he had discovered the Palace of King Minos, and the labyrinth of the fabled Minotaur. He therefore named the civilisation the Minoans. The sophisticated art and antiquities excavated at Minoan sites show that the Minoans were great craftsmen and creative artists. The Minoans decorated their walls with fresco paintings using the buon fresco technique which consists of painting with pigment ground in water on a thin layer of wet, fresh, lime mortar or plaster. When the plaster dries the painting also dries, becoming an integral part of the wall. The Minoans covered the stone walls with a mixture of mud and straw coated with lime plaster topped with fine plaster. The Minoans had a distinct painting style with shapes formed by curvilinear lines that add a feeling of liveliness to the paintings. The Minoan colour palette is based in earth tones of white, brown, red, and yellow. The black and vivid blues paints used combined to create vivid and rich decorations. The most famous Minoan paintings are the Bull leaper, Blue lady and blue monkey frescoes. The Minoans were great potters producing decorated and plain pottery ranging from bull head shaped rhythons, to pottery baths and coffins. Rhytons are containers from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured in some ceremony such as libation, or merely at table. Many have an opening at the bottom through which the liquid fell; others did not, and were merely used as drinking cups, with the characteristic that they could not usually be set down on a surface without spilling their contents. Minoans made bull shaped Rhytons, and well as conical rhythons decorated with octopus designs or simply left undecorated. Pottery larnax coffin boxes were often used as a container for human remains in Minoan burials. The Minoan larnax chest was decorated on the outside and usually had a pitched roof. One distinctive Minoan decorative design on pottery was that of s stylised octopus. This design can be seen in our pictures decorating rhythons, pots and vases. Browse pictures and images of Minoan art, paintings & pottery antiquities and artefacts from Heraklion & Athens Archaeological Museum & Thira Akrotiri Museum TO SEARCH THIS MIOAN ART & ANTIQUITIES PHOTO COLLECTION TYPE SUBJECT, PLACE, Etc INTO THE SEARCH THIS GALLERY BOX (i.e fresco knossos) Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Mycenaean Art photo image pictures.. The biggest curated on line photo collection of Mycenaean Pottery and fresco paintings. Mycenaean art was influenced by Minoan art. Fragments of wall paintings have been found in or around the palaces of Pylos, Mycenae, Tiryns. The largest complete wall painting depicting three female figures, was found in Mycenae. Various themes are represented: hunting, bull leaping, processions etc. Mycenaean pottery is divided into 2 periods. The Late Helladic I-IIA from about 1470 - 1650 BC and the Late Helladic I period from 1650 - 1550 BC. The Late Helladic 1 - 11A Mycenaean pottery takes its inspiration from the Minoans conquered by the Mycenaeans. Late Helladic I Mycenaean pottery can be distinguished from the earlier period by the of a fine ware that is painted in a dark-on-light style with lustrous paints. This period also marks the appearance of a fine ware that is coated all over with paint varying from red and black in colour. This ware is monochrome painted and is directly descended from grey and black Minyan ware (which disappear during LH I). A form of the yellow Minyan style also appears in this time frame, merging into Mycenaean unpainted wares. Visit our MYCENAEAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean Art using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . In the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Pictures, images & photos of Ancient Greek Sculpture, statues antiquities from the Archaic Greek to the Hellenic Greek periods. What is known as Ancient Greece is today the Cyclades Islands, Greek mainland and the Aegean coast and its islands. It was common to use a small figure as a votive offering or in a grave burial. These go back as far as 2800 B.C on the Cyclades island and were simple figures in terracotta or stone. The first Greek period that shows the craftsmanship and skill of Greek sculptures was around and before 500 BC, which is known as the Archaic period and was inspired by Egyptian art. One of the dominant styles of the Archaic Greek sculpture is the Kouros, a nude standing youth and the Kore, a draped standing girl. The nude male was prized in Greek sculpture as the male body was seen as a thing of great beauty. The Greek Olympic athletes competed in the nude. Because the Gods had human forms statues of the Gods in the nude are also normal in Greek Sculpture. After the Archaic came the Greek Classical period, from about the 5th cent B.C to the 4th cent B.C. By this time the Greek sculptures skills had been perfected and they were able to produce realistic and idealised style that evolved following the conquests by Alexander the Great (336 B.C to 323 B.C) into the Hellenic Period. The Hellenistic period saw what some saw as a drop in standards as the sculptures became less idealistic and more realistic depicting real emotions. Once the Romans had conquered Greece from 146 B.C there was a demand for copies of classic Greek sculptures that were produced almost like factory items. This period of Roman copies of Greek classical sculptures is important to archaeology as it preserved some lost Greek classical sculptures as Roman copies. Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw ADD TO CART as high resolution stock royalty free images of travel images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer to buy from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/greco-roman-sculptures.html . In the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box refine search by adding a subject, place, background colour, museum etc.

Ptolemaic Egyptian antiquities art and artefatct photos, pictures and images. The Ptolemaic Kingdom It was founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter, a companion of Alexander the Great, and lasted until the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC. Ruling for nearly three centuries, the Ptolemy's were the longest and most recent Egyptian dynasty of ancient origin.After Alexander the Greats death in 323 BC, Ptolemy, a Macedonian who was one of Alexander's most trusted generals and confidants, won control of Egypt from his rivals and declared himself pharaoh. Although some statues from the early rule of Ptolemy are ancient Greek in style, the pictures show that that the Greek Ptolemy rulers and their Greek Macedonian elites adopted ancient Egyptian traditions. At first glance Ptolemaic stele look like their ancient Egyptian predecessors until it is noticed that hieroglyphic text are replaced or tide to bt ancient Greek writing. Ptolemaic Egyptians also adopted ancient Egyptian burial traditions with their own versions of sarcophagus and mummy masks. Although the mummy masks have recognisable faces these were not portraits of the deceased but were images of who the deceased have metamorphosed into. The Ptolemaic Egyptians also adopted ancient Egyptian gods like Osiris. Photos, pictures and images can be downloaded as royalty free stock photos or bought on line as photo art wall prints/ Visit our ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PHOTO COLLECTIONS for photo galleries of Ancient Egyptian antiquities and Museum collections. https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Egyptians-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Pictures-Images-of/C0000rwp9rQSK8Jc Visit our ANCIENT GREEK PHOTO COLLECTIONS for photo galleries of Ancient Egyptian antiquities and Museum collections. https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw

Pictures of the blue domed Orthodox churches of Santorini, Greece. Image & Photos of Santorinis famous orthodox chapels. Also buy stock photos & photo art prints & cards. The traditional architecture of Santorini is similar to that of the other Cyclades, with low-lying cubical houses, made of local stone and whitewashed or limewashed with various volcanic ashes used as colors. The churches of Santorini have blue domes that represent the heavens

Pictures images and photos of Ancient Greek Bronze statues. Ancient Greek bronze status are very rare as are all bronze works of art from antiquity because the valuable bronze was regularly recycled. Many of the Ancient Bronze statues that have survived have been excavated from shipwrecks, like the Riace Bronzes, or from cities buried by catastrophe like Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Bronze Ancient Greek statues that do survive from the Classical era when an increase in the use of statues and sculptures as decorations of buildings. The characteristic temples of the Classical era, such as the Parthenon in Athens, and the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, used relief sculpture for decorative friezes, and sculpture in the round to fill the triangular fields of the pediments. The difficult aesthetic and technical challenge stimulated much in the way of sculptural innovation. Great Ancient Greek sculptors like Praxiteles' Aphrodite of Knidos, whose work survives in Roman copies, was often referenced to and praised by Pliny the Elder. The Riace bronzes also called the Riace Warriors, are two full-size Greek bronzes of naked bearded warriors, cast about 460–450 BC that were found in the sea in 1972 near Riace, Calabria, in southern Italy. They belong to a transitional period from archaic Greek sculpture to the early Classical style, disguising their idealized geometry and impossible anatomy under a distracting and alluring "realistic" surface. They are fine examples of contrapposto - their weight is on the back legs, making them much more realistic than with many other Archaic stances. Their musculature is clear, yet not incised, and looks soft enough to be visible and realistic. The bronzes' turned heads not only confer movement, but also add life to the figures. Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw ADD TO CART as high resolution stock royalty free images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer to buy from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/greco-roman-sculptures.html . In the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box refine search by adding a subject, place, background colour, museum etc.

Pictures images and photos of Minoan painted frescoes. Several frescoes have been found, on Crete normally in partial fragments which require a good deal of reconstruction; sometimes only 5% of a reconstructed section is original. These Minoan frescoes were probably inspired by Syrian or Egyptian examples, the former perhaps more likely. Minoan frescoes that have survived include many depictions of people, with the sexes distinguished by a "violent contrast" of colour that is more extreme than the equivalent in Egypt; the men's skin is reddish-brown, and the women's white. Probably the most famous Minoan fresco is the bull-leaping fresco. Other well-known Minoan sections are the female fragment known as La Parisienne (from the "Camp Stool Fresco"), and the Prince of the Lilies (mostly restored), both from Knossos, and the Minoan Akrotiri Boxer Fresco, but there are many others, both from Crete itself and related Aegean sites. With a very few hints of modelling, the Minoan frescos normally use "flat" colour—pure colours with no shading, blending or attempt to represent form within coloured areas. Many Minoan wall paintings formed friezes set at eye level and some 70–80 cm high above a dado, with several painted parallel stripes above and below the images to frame them. Minoan fresco designs usually include at least large areas of plain colour as background. More complicated scenes often have the main figures and some surroundings at the edge of picture painted, with plain areas in between. In early Minoan paintings a red that was the usual colour for plain painted walls was used, sometimes with white (more common in Akrotiri), but later Egyptian blue became a popular background, until the latest periods. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures and images of Minoan Kamares ware pots and pottery antiquities and artefacts. Kamares ware is distinctive type of Minoan pottery produced in Crete during the Minoan period around 2100 BC. Due to the fineness of Kamares ware academics believe that Kamares ware was a prestige artefact, possibly used as an elite table-ware. It is a high-quality pottery thanks to the introduction of the potter's wheel into Crete. kamares ware typically has designs of white, red and blue on a black field and the designs often include abstract floral motifs. Fine examples of Kamares ware made in Phaistos can be seen at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum including ridged cups, small, round spouted jars, and large storage pithoi jars, on which combinations of abstract curvilinear designs and stylised plant and marine motifs are painted in white and tones of red, orange, and yellow on black grounds. The Kamares ware style was often elaborate, with complex patterns on pottery of eggshell thinness. This small drinking cup shows a simple version. Sets of cups and jugs have been found, and it has been suggested that these may have been used in ritual, though Kamares pottery presumably also graced the dining tables of the First Palaces. A typical Kamares Ware shape is that of a tea cup. This Kamares ware is called "eggshell" because it is so thin requiring supreme skill in its manufacture. Typical Kamares ware patterns were series of horizontal wavy lines in orange running parallel around the cup. The decoration also includes abstracted plant motifs in white and orange. On beaked spouted jugs abstract design motifs are typical, with pairs of spiral-ended forms linked to oval shield-like shapes decorated with orange bars arranged in diagonally placed patterns. The spout points up like a bird's beak, an impression enhanced by the protruding eye. Browse pictures and images of Minoan Kamares ware pots and pottery antiquities and artefacts or download as stock photos or buy as prints. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures photos images of Minoan ritual rhython libation vessel antiquities. Rhytons are containers from which liquids were drunk or to be poured in ceremonies known as libations. Many rhythons have a hole in the bottom of the container through which the liquid was poured, others did not and were used as drinking cups, Rhytons had pointed bases so they could not usually be set down on a surface without spilling their contents. One of the most striking Minoan rhython design is that of a bulls head shaped container. Several can be seen in our Minoan rhython picture collection. Some of the bulls head rhytons were owned by wealth Minoans who could afford to have the bulls horns made of gold, A very typical Minoan rhython has a stylised octopus design, This motif can also be seen on other types of Minoan pottery. Conical Minoan rhythons were made of pottery of carved from stone and decorated with crystal handles. Browse pictures and images of Minoan ritual rhython libation vessels from Heraklion Museum or download as stock photos or buy as prints. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures images and photos of Minoan snake goddess figurines and terracotta goddess figurines. Two Minoan snake goddess figurines were excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete by British archaeologist Arthur Evans. The Knossos figurines, both significantly incomplete, date to near the end of the neo-palatial period of Minoan civilization, around 1600 BCE.[1] It was Evans who called the larger of his pair of figurines a "Snake Goddess", the smaller a "Snake Priestess"; since then, it has been debated whether Evans was right, or whether both figurines depict priestesses, or both depict the same deity or distinct deities. The two Knossos snake goddess figurines were found by Evans's excavators in one of a group of stone-lined and lidded cists Evans called the "Temple Repositories".. The Minoan figurines are made of faience, a crushed quartz-paste material which after firing gives a true vitreous finish with bright colours and a lustrous sheen. It was used in the funeral cult and in the sanctuaries. The larger of these figures has snakes crawling over her arms and up to her "cylindrical crown", at the top of which a snake's head rears up. The figure lacked the body below the waist, one arm, and part of the crown. She has prominent bare breasts, with what seems to be one or more snakes winding round them. Her dress includes a thick belt with a "sacred knot". The smaller figure, as restored, holds two snakes in her raised hands, and the figure on her head-dress is a cat or panther. However, as excavated, she lacked a head and the proper left arm was missing below the elbow. The head was recreated by Evans and one of his restorers.Other excavations have revealed Minoan terracotta votive offerings, probably representing the goddess rather than humans, in at least one case "snake-wrangling" and with snakes rising from the diadem or headress. This type of figure often has attributes rising from the headress, typified by the Poppy goddess. The name poppy goddess is often used for a famous example of a distinctive type of large female terracotta figurine in Minoan art, presumably representing a goddess, but not thought to be cult images, rather votive offerings. It was discovered in a sanctuary of the Post-palace period (LM III, 1400–1100 BC) at Gazi, Crete, and is now is in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. The name comes from the shape of the terminals of opium poppy seedheads rising from the diadem on the head. The figurines found at Gazi, which are larger than any previously produced on Minoan Crete, are rendered in an extremely stylized manner. The bodies are rigid, the skirts simple cylinders, and the poses stereotyped. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures photo & images of Minoan Larnax terracotta coffin chests.The larnax was the standard type of coffin in Crete from the early fourteenth century to the twelfth century B.C. The rectangular larnax chest sat on legs and had a gabled lid. Some examples have raised borders around their margins which probably emulate earlier wooden versions. A number of Larnax chests are also painted with a variety of naturalistic motifs and scenes which make these chest a rich source of late Crete Minoan III pictorial art. More complex art can be found on the limestone Hagia Triada Sarcophagus which is painted with frescoes depicting the ceremonies honouring the dead. These sumptuous frescoes are some the best preserved Minoan art and can be found at the Heraklion museum Crete. Download pictures of Minoan Larnax coffin chests as royalty free stock photos or order on line as photo art prints. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures images and photos of Minoan Larnax terracotta bath tubs. To the Greeks, the Underworld was entered by water. As with many other Minoan bathtubs, this one was probably later used as a coffin to convey the deceased across the sea, where marine imagery would be equally appropriate. The two functions of bathtubs, bathing and burial, combine in the story of Agamemnon who, on return from Troy, was murdered by his wife and her lover in a silver bath. Water in Greece is precious. Even for the elite, a bath would have been a great and occasional luxury. Homer's description of Circe's servants preparing a bath for Odysseus underlines the ritual and formality: "The fourth maid fetched water and lit up a great fire under the big cauldron so that the water grew warm. When the bright copper was boiling, she sat me down in a bath and washed me with water from the great cauldron mixed with cold to a comfortable heat, sluicing my head and my shoulders until all the painful weariness was gone from my limbs. My bath done, she rubbed me with olive oil, clothed me in a tunic and a splendid robe and conducted me to the hall, where she seated me in a beautiful chair with silver decorations and a footstool below." The Minoan Linear B tablets from Pylos also give us the ancient name: re-wo-te-re-jo for the Minoan larnax tubs. The decoration outside is probably a stylized version of octopus tentacles, which, together with the fish inside (bream) are obvious choices for aquatic contexts. The wavy double line on the floor represents water draining out through the plug; the semi-circles below the rim perhaps sea urchins or anemones. Download as royalty free stock photos or order on line as photo art prints. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Pictures images and photos of Minoan Pottery. In the absence of written records Minoan pottery has been used as a tool for dating the mute Minoan civilisation. Its restless sequence of quirky maturing artistic styles reveals something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they assist archaeologists in assigning relative dates to the strata of their sites. Pots that contained oils and ointments, exported from 18th century BC Crete, have been found at sites through the Aegean islands and mainland Greece, on Cyprus, along coastal Syria and in Egypt, showing the wide trading contacts of the Minoans. The pottery consists of vessels of various shapes, which as with other types of Ancient Greek pottery may be collectively referred to as "vases", and also "terracottas", small ceramic figurines, models of buildings and some other types. Some pieces, especially the cups of rhyton shape, overlap the two categories, being both vessels for liquids but essentially sculptural objects. The finest achievements came in the Late Minoan period, with the palace pottery called Kamares ware, and the Late Minoan all-over patterned "Marine Style" and "Floral Style". The best and most comprehensive collection is in the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (AMH) on Crete. Pyrgos Ware - The major form was the "chalice", or Arkalochori Chalice, in which a cup combined with a funnel-shaped stand could be set on a hard surface without spilling. Incised Ware - Incised Ware, also called Scored Ware, were hand-shaped, round-bottomed, dark-burnished jugs and bulbous cups and jars ("pyxes"). Favored decor was incised line patterns, vertical, horizontal or herring-bone. Agyios Onouphrios, Lebena - The painted parallel-line decoration of Ayios Onouphrios I Ware was drawn with an iron-red clay slip that would fire red under oxidizing conditions in a clean kiln but under the reducing conditions of a smoky fire turn darker, without much control over color, which could range from red to brown. A dark-on-light painted pattern was then applied. Koumasa and Fine Gray Ware - the geometric slip-painted designs of Koumasa Ware seem to have developed from the wares of Aghios Onouphrios. The designs are in red or black on a light background. Forms are cups, bowls, jugs and teapots. Kamares Ware - was named after finds in the cave sanctuary at Kamares on Mt. Ida in 1890. It is the first of the virtuoso polychrome wares of Minoan civilization, though the first expressions of recognizably proto-Kamares decor predate the introduction of the potter's wheel. Finer clay, thrown on the wheel, permitted more precisely fashioned forms, which were covered with a dark-firing slip and exuberantly painted with slips in white, reds and browns in fluent floral designs, of rosettes or conjoined coiling and uncoiling spirals. Themes from nature begin here with octopuses, shellfish, lilies, crocuses and palm-trees, all highly stylized.

Mycenaean figurine and goddess statues photos images and pictures. Mycenaean terracotta figurines and figures are small, and handmade, and are excavated from dwellings and sanctuaries. The Mycenaean figures that are wheel-made bodies and are mostly restricted to sanctuaries and temples like those excavated from Mycenae photos of which are in our image gallery. Small flat figures known as Phi and Psi style are of females as indicated by their breasts. The face is pinched and dresses with an elaborate headdress (polos in Greek). The features and the dress are drawn with red paint. The use of Mycenaean figurines is uknown and theories range from them being representation of a godess to their being used as childrems toys. Her arms are raised upright; is she surrendering, praying, or dancing? They were produced in a specific timeline, ca. 1420-1100BC (Late Helladic III). It is not known what the Mycenaean anthropomorphic figures in our photos depict, but as these were excavated from the temple complex of Mycenae it can be suspected that they may represent religious characters like Gods or Priests. They could equally represent Mycenaean elites who put their voitve depictions in the temple. These Mycenae anthropomorphic figures show a development towards realistic human represntations. Sadly we will never know if they are acurate depictions of any single individual. Browse Mycenaean images or download photos as royalty free pictures or buy as photo art prints on line. Visit our MYCENAEAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean archaeology sites ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Mycenaean fresco wall art decorations - photo images & pictures. Mycenaean frescoes which decorated the palace walls and other buildings have been excavated from Mycenae and Tiring and can be seen in our photo collection. The style of the Mycenaean frescoes was similar to Minoan frescoes excavated on Crete at Knossos . Mycenaean fresco subject matter included depictions of religious ceremonies, processions, hunters and warriors. Some of the best preserved frescoes from Mycenae include female figures in profile wearing a tight-fitting jacket and holding perhaps a necklace. . Another popular Mycenaean subject was the figure-of-eight shields, which has shields which appear to be made of cow hide. Mycenaean fresco scenes often show ritual action, but with schematic drawing techniques. Walls were organized into three zones by artists: on the top of a wall was a band reserved for dados, the center was reserved for large pictoral scenes, and a bottom band covered by friezes. The frescos show that in Mycenaean processions, women usually wore their hair in a very elaborate way, having locks, tresses, buns, and curls all at the same time. Headdresses were also a large part of Mycenaean women’s attire. The Mycenaeans chose to wear a slightly different type of headdress, as they wore crown-like hats which are tight around the forehead and wide at the top, often with tassels. Browse Mycenaean fresco photos and images or by pictures as photo art prints. Visit our MYCENAEAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean archaeology sites ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Mycenaean gold tomb antiquities : gold Mycenaean masks, gold Mycenaean diadems, gold Mycenaean jewellery : photos pictures and images. The richest Mycenaean gold antiquities were excavated from the royal tombs of Mycenae. The Royal Tombs , referred to by archaeologists as Grave Circle A and B, unearthed rich burials findings of silver and gold. The tomb treasures evidence the preeminence of the Mycenaeans, especially the Treasury of Atreus, a monumental tomb outside the Palace of Mycenae. Shaft Graves also at Mycenae (1550 BC) revealed extraordinary material wealth, proof of a powerful elite society that flourished in the subsequent four centuries. The so called Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funeral mask was discovered at Mycenae and can be seen in our photo gallery. German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the artefact in 1876, believed that he had found the body of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, leader of the Achaeans in Homer's epic of the Trojan War, the Iliad, but modern archaeological research suggests that the mask dates to about 1600 BC, pre-dating the period of the legendary Trojan War by about 400 years. Browse Mycenaean gold antiquity photos or download as royalty free photos. Also buy as photo art prints on line. Visit our MYCENAEAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean archaeology sites ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Mycenaean pottery museum antiquities photos images pictures. Mycenaean pottery was produced during the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, circa1750 to 1050 BC. The Mycenaeans were autochthonous Greeks who were likely stimulated by their contact with Minoan Crete and other Mediterranean cultures to develop a more sophisticated sociopolitical culture of their own. Much of the style of Mycenaean pottery is owed to the Minoans of Crete. The Mycenaeans copied Minoan styles such as found on "Marins Style" pottery. A very striking marine style adopted by the Mycenaeans can be seen on octopus pottery decorated pottery. In early Mycenaean octopus pottery the style is realistic with tentacles flowing around the pot, later the style became more stylised with a smaller octopus body and stylised tentacles. The Mycenaeans liked to decorate their pottery with floral designs. They also adopted Egyptian motifs such as stylised papyrus. Clay figurines have been found at sites across the Mycenaean Empire dating from the 14th to 12th centuries BC and are remarkably similar in design. Highly stylized to the point of being almost unrecognisable as human forms, the figures are most commonly female and standing. Often these figures have two arms raised or crossed in front of the chest, a long skirt and a conical headdress. They are simply decorated with bold lines and sometimes jewellery is also painted on the figure using simple dots. Mycenaean pottery was exported and imitated not only throughout the Aegean but also in places as far afield as Anatolia, Syria, Egypt and Spain. There is also evidence that Mycenaean potters actually relocated and set up workshops abroad, particularly in Anatolia and southern Italy. Browse or download royalty free photos of mycenaean pottery or by as photo art prints. Visit our MYCENAEAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean archaeology sites ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

(updated 2021) Pictures & images of the Mycenaean artefacts and antiquities exhibited at the Athens Archaeological Museum, Greece. This picture gallery shows one of the most important Mycenaean collection of Museum exhibits in the world. Centred around the grave excavations at Mycenae which yielded the so called gold death "mask of Agamemnon”. Athens archaeological museum also exhibits important Mycenaean Frescoes from Tiryns. The Mycenaean exported their distinctive pottery all around the Mediterranean. The use of highly stylised patterns make Mycenaean pottery very appealing. The use of stylised octopus deigns is a popular Mycenaean motif. The association of Mycenaean King Agamemnon with the Trojan wars makes the Mycenaeans an enigmatic civilisation. Exhibited at Athens is a Boars tusk helmet the same as the one described in Homer's Iliad. Download pictures & images of the Mycenaean artefacts and antiquities exhibited at the Athens Archaeological Museum or buy as photo art prints. USEFUL LINKS Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece#Art_and_pottery Visit our MYCENAEN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ Add photos of Mycenaean Art from Athens Archaeological Museum using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/mycenaean-art-artefacts.html . Type - Athens - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

(updated 2021) Pictures photos images of the Minoan frescoes Akrotiri exhibited at the Athens Archaeological Museum, Greece. Akrotiri was a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC and buried in volcanic ash, which preserved the remains of fine frescoes and many objects and artworks. The settlement has been suggested as a possible inspiration for Plato's story of Atlantis. Akrotiri has been excavated since 1967. The earliest evidence for human habitation of Akrotiri can be traced back as early as the fifth millennium BC, when it was a small fishing and farming village. By the end of the third millennium, this community developed and expanded significantly. One factor for Akrotiri's growth may be the trade relations it established with other cultures in the Aegean, as evidenced in fragments of foreign pottery at the site. Akrotiri's strategic position on the primary sailing route between Cyprus and Minoan Crete also made it an important point for the copper trade, thus allowing it to become an important centre for processing copper, as proven by the discovery of moulds and crucibles there. Akrotiri's prosperity continued for about another 500 years; paved streets, an extensive drainage system, the production of high quality pottery and further craft specialization all point to the level of sophistication achieved by the settlement. This all came to an end, however, in the 16th century BC with the volcanic eruption of Thera. There is a variety of dating evidence for the eruption, but its exact year is not known. Radiocarbon dating places it most probably between 1620 and 1530 BC. Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w Add photos of Minoan art from Akrotiri using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/minoan-art-artefacts.html . Type - Inandik - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box. Refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc

Pictures, images & photos of The Parthenon Marbles also known as The Elgin Marbles and from the Parthenon on the Acropolis Athens, exhibited in the British Museum, London. Dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, the construction of the Parthenon Temple began in 447 BC with its decorations being completed in 432 BC. The Parthenon has become the great iconic symbol of Ancient Greece and the Athenian democracy being the high point in the development of the Doric Order and its sculptures are considered to be one of the high points of Greek art. Between 1801 and 1812 Lord Elgin, British Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, paid for the removal and shipping to London of 75 m of the original frieze, 15 of the Metope panels and 17 of the pediment figures now housed in a purpose built gallery was built in the British Museum. Sculptures were placed in the triangular pediments of the Parthenon. The Pediment sculptures show scenes from the life, including her birth, of the goddess Athena accompanied by her father Zeus and her brother Hephaistos. Athena was the goddess of goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilisation, law and justice, just warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. The metope panels of the Parthenon in the British Museum show scenes of the Lapiths, a pre-Hellenic mythological people from Thessaly, battling with the Centaurs, a mythological creature half man half horse. The scene is probably from the wedding of the king of the Lapiths, Perithoos. The story tells that the Centaurs, who were guests at the wedding, became drunk and a fight broke out during which they tried to carry off the Lapith women. The Centaurs would have represented the long and bitter struggle against the Persian Empire. The Parthenon Ionic frieze show bas-relief carvings of the Panathenaic procession an annual procession of Athenians and foreigners ended in the ritual sacrifice of cattle to honour the goddess Athena. The north and south frieze marbles both show a procession of sixty riders in ranks of 10 men. The south frieze marbles also shows cattle being led to be sacrificed and the east frieze shows Athena watching the procession with her father Zeus. The West frieze shows the preparation of the riders and, apart from two blocks, these are moulds made for Lord Elgin in 1802 of the marble blocks that would remain in Athens. USEFUL LINKS British Museum https://www.britishmuseum.org ANCIENT GREEKS COLLECTIONS https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw ADD TO CART as high resolution stock royalty free images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer to buy from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/greco-roman-sculptures.html . Type - Elgin Marbles - In the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box refine search by adding a subject, place, background colour, museum etc.

Pictures photos & images from Delphi ancient greek antiquities of the Delphi Archaeological museum. The Ancient Greek Bronze of the Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (the rein-holder), is one of the best-known statues surviving from Ancient Greece, and is considered one of the finest examples of ancient bronze statues. The life-size statue of a chariot driver was found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi. The statue was erected at Delphi in 474 BC, to commemorate the victory of a chariot team in the Pythian Games. Stylistically, the Charioteer is classed as "Early Classical" or "Severe" Kleobis (Cleobis) and Biton, also known as the kouros are the names of two human brothers in Greek mythology, are a pair of lifesize Archaic Greek statues that date from about 580 BC. In Greek mythology, Kleobis and Biton were the sons of Cydippe, a priestess of Hera. Cydippe was travelling from Argos to a festival in honor of Argive Hera and the oxen which were to pull her cart did not turn up. Kleobis and Biton pulled the cart the entire way ( 8.3 km/5.1 miles). Cydippe was so impressed with their devotion to her that she prayed to Hera asking her to give her children the best gift a god could give to a mortal. Hera ordained that the brothers would die in their sleep, and after the feast the youths lay down in the temple of Hera, slept and never woke. All of the Hellanistic states showered gifts on Delphi in the hope that this would give them access to the oracle. The processional way up to the Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle sat, was lined with treasuries from the various Greek states. The Sphinx, in the museum, was donated by the island of Naxos and their are friezes from the treasury of Sifnos. Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw ADD TO CART as high resolution stock royalty free images to download on line or buy as photo art prints. If you prefer to buy from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/greco-roman-sculptures.html . Type - Delpi - In the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box refine search by adding a subject, place, background colour, museum etc.

Pictures images and photos of Ancient Minoan art, antiquities and artefacts and exhibits from the Heraklion Archaeological Museum.. Minoan art is the art produced by the Bronze Age Aegean Minoan civilization from about 3000 to 1100 BC, though the most extensive and finest survivals come from approximately 2300 to 1400 BC. It forms part of the wider grouping of Aegean art, and in later periods came for a time to have a dominant influence over Cycladic art. Since wood and textiles have decomposed, the best-preserved (and most instructive) surviving examples of Minoan art are its pottery, palace architecture (with frescos which include "the earliest pure landscapes anywhere"), small sculptures in various materials, jewellery, metal vessels, and intricately-carved seals. Minoan art was influenced by the neighbouring cultures of Ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East. Minoan art has a variety of subject-matter, much of it appearing across different media, although only some styles of pottery include figurative scenes. Bull-leaping appears in Minoan painting and several types of sculpture, and is thought to have had a religious significance; bull's heads are also a popular Minoan subject in terracotta and other sculptural materials. There are no Minoan figures that appear to be portraits of individuals, or are clearly royal, and the identities of religious figures is often tentative, with scholars uncertain whether they are deities, clergy or devotees.Equally, whether Minoan painted rooms were "shrines" or secular is far from clear; one room in Minoan Akrotiri has been argued to be a bedroom, with remains of a bed, or a Minoan shrine. Animals, including an unusual variety of marine fauna, are often depicted in Minoan art; the "Marine Style" is a type of painted palace pottery from Minoan III and Late Minoan IA that paints sea creatures including octopus spreading all over the vessel, and probably originated from similar Minoan frescoed scenes; sometimes these appear in other media. Minoan scenes of hunting and warfare, and horses and riders, are mostly found in later periods, in works perhaps made by Cretans for a Mycenaean market, or Mycenaean overlords of Crete. While Minoan figures, whether human or animal, have a great sense of life and movement, they are often not very accurate, and the species is sometimes impossible to identify; by comparison with Ancient Egyptian art they are often more vivid, but less naturalistic. What is called landscape painting is found in both frescos and on painted pots, and sometimes in other media, but most of the time this consists of plants shown fringing a scene, or dotted around within it.Download as royalty free stock photos or order as photo art prints Visit our MINOAN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Minoans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Places-Pictures-Images-of/C0000ricT2SU_M9w

Archaeological Museum of Mycenae Mycenaean antiquities, artefacts and art photo, image and picture collection. This Mycenaean antiquities photo collection majors on the archaeological finds of Mycenae and nearby Mycenaean sites such as the Kalkani tombs. The need to build a new archaeological museum at Mycenae archaeological site to store and exhibit excavation finds from over a century’s work had become imperative by the early 1980s. Construction of the museum, which is configured like steps on the hillside, began in 1984 and was completed in 1997. Archaeological Museum of Mycenae charts the various periods and developments at Mycenae. The archaeological finds excited add an extra dimension to any visit to Mycenae allowing visitors to experience the richness of Mycenaean art. Browse and download photos of the archaeological finds held at Archaeological Museum of Mycenae or buy as photo art prints on line.

(updated 2021) Pictures, images & photos of the Sarcophagus of Alexander the Great from the Royal Necropolis of Sidon now in the Istanbul Archaeological museum. On March 2 1887 workers quarrying north east of Sidon in Lebanon discovered a tomb shaft fifty feet deep. Luckily for history they were so frightened they rushed to bring the Reverend William King Eddy, an American missionary born in Sidon, to the site. Eddy realised immediately that the workers had uncovered an archaeological site and suspected that it was the lost ancient Royal Necropolis of Sidon. He was lowered down the shaft and by the light of flickering candles was confronted with the Sarcophagus of the Lycian, the dazzling Sarcophagus of Alexander and the Sarcophagus of the weeping women. News travelled of the great find to Istanbul and Osman Hamdi Bey who had been appointed the curator of the new Istanbul Archaeological museum left immediately for the Lebanon and took over the excavation and removal of the sarcophagi returning with them to Istanbul. The finds at Sidon put the museum on the world map and the facade of the new museum was inspired by the Alexander Sarcophagus and Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women which the museum houses today. It is incredible how perfectly preserved the Sarcophagi are. The Sarcophagus of the Lycian is a pristine grey marble from Paros with hunting scenes and 2 sphinxes adorning its gothic stele pitched roof. The Alexander Sarcophagus is a monumental work of art befitting one of the great leaders of antiquity. 11 feet long (4 Mts) it weighs fifty tons and is made of Pentelic marble. The freezes on each side show Alexander in the midst of battles and in hunting scenes, These relief sculptures were originally painted in bright colours and some of the paint is still visible today. Finally but not least the Royal Necropolis held the "Sarcophagus of the Satrap". USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycian_sarcophagus_of_Sidon Visit our CLASSICAL WORLD PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Classical-Era-Historic-Sites-Archaeological-Sites-Pictures-Images/C0000g4bSGiDL9rw Add photos of Sidon Sarcophagus from Istanbul Archaeological Museum using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or, if you prefer, download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock/lycian-antiquities.html - Type - Sidon - into the LOWER SEARCH WITHIN GALLERY box to refine search by adding background colour, place, museum etc.

Photos pictures & images of the Venus de Milo ( Aphrodite of Milos ) A 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) marble statue from the Greek Island of Milos sculpted in 130 and 100 BC thought to be the work of Alexandros of Antioch;. Louvre Museum, Paris. The Aphrodite of Milos was discovered on 8 April 1820 by a peasant named Yorgos Kentrotas, inside a buried niche within the ancient city ruins of Milos, the current village of Tripiti, on the island of Milos in the Aegean, which was then a part of the Ottoman Empire. The statue was purchase by the French ambassador to Turkey and it was shipped to France. Legend has it that the statues arms were broken off during transport but this story however proved to be a fabrication – Voutier's drawings of the statue when it was first discovered show that its arms were already missing. In 1815, France had returned the Medici Venus, to the Italians after it had been looted from Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte. The Medici Venus, regarded as one of the finest Classical sculptures in existence, caused the French to promote the Venus de Milo as a greater treasure than that which they recently had lost. The de Milo statue was praised dutifully by many artists and critics as the epitome of graceful female beauty. However, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was among its detractors, labeling it a "big gendarme". . Add photos of Louvre Museum Venus de Milo Statue to cart as royalty free download or prints or download from our Alamy Stock Library page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock (scroll down and type venus de milo into lower search box) USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_de_Milo Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw

Pictures images photos of Original Greek sculptures and Bronze statues art exhibits of the Naples National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli), Italy. Greek sculptures heavily influenced the Romans who made many copies of original Greek sculptures. Many of the original Greek sculptures have been lost and examples of this earlier work can only be seen in later Roman copies. Original Ancient Greek sculptures are rarer than later copies and probably only exists because they were so highly prised by the Romans. Some fine original bronze greek statues were excavated from the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Download Royalty Free stock photos of Original Greek Sculptures or buy as photo wall art on line. For Editorial use only, for advertising property rights please contact the museum. USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archaeological_Museum,_Naples Museum Home Page http://www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/en/history-of-the-museum/ Visit our ROMAN ART & HISTORIC SITES PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/The-Romans-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites-Pictures-Images/C0000r2uLJJo9_s0 (updated 2021) Add photos of Greek Sculpture Statues using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock - Scroll down and type - Roman Sculpture Naples - into LOWER search box. (TIP - Refine search by adding a background colour as well).

Nafplion Archaeological Museum Mycenaean antiquities collections. The Mycenaean antiquities held at the Naplion archaeological museum range from armour to pottery and figurines as well as frescoes. The museum holds a very fine suit of Mycenaean bronze armour in very good condition. Mycenaean suit of bronze amour, The Armor suit was excavated at Dendra, from the "Tomb of Armor" Mycenaean cemetery of Dendra, 1500 to 1180 BC . "Tomb of Armor", was investigated by N. Verdelis and two other chambered tombs were investigated by the Swedish archaeologist P. Åström. The excavation yielded many important discoveries such as jewellery, gems, weapons, tools and utensils of gold, silver, copper, alabaster glass, ivory, faience and semi-precious stones, as well as interesting pieces of pottery and figurines. However, the famous armour is the most interesting of these. The cemetery of Dendra is one of the richest Mycenaean cemeteries Peloponnese. The Naplion Museum also hold antiquities excavated from the Mycenaean cemetery at Asine ( ancient Argolis), which were used continuously throughout the Late Bronze Age, 1600 - 1100 BC. The thriving settlement of Asine was at its height in the 12th century BC mainly because its harbour must have played an important role in maritime trade of the palatial centres of the Argive plain. The Mycenaean cemetery at Palaia Epidauros has numerous Mycenaean chamber tombs that were used from the 15th to the 11th cent BC. The chamber tombs have a typical descending passageway to to entrance (dromo) into a rectangular or circular chamber (thalamoi). The museum has a fine collection of Mycenaean antiquities from Epidaurus. Barbouna hill - the life in the citadel of Asini was interwoven with the surrounding area, especially the hill of Barbouna, where a big Mycenaean graveyard with significant findings was brought to light. Many funeral gifts were found in the tombs; this reinforces the theory that Asini had bonds with the cities of the Aegean Sea, with Crete and possibly with Cyprus. The Museum also contains Mycenaean archaeological finds from the Mycenaean cemetery of Nafplion and Tiryns archaeological site. Download Ancient Mycenaean antiquities photos as royalty free images of buy as photo art pictures on line. Visit our MYCENAEN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ

Nafplion Archaeological Museum Ancient Greek antiquities collections - Photos Images and Pictures. Nafplion Archaeological museum hols important antiquitiesy collections from the Neolithic period. The museum's Neolithic collection contains clay vases and both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic clay figurines. Ceramic vessels from the Early Neolithic are dark monochrome burnished ware fired at relatively low temperatures. A small percentage are painted in red or red-brown patterns. Surprisingly, scholars have speculated that these vessels were probably only art objects used for display based on their shape, size, and decoration, as well as signs of wear and repair. some of these Neolithic antiquities are from Franchthi Cave. The early Helladic period (3300-2100/2000 BCE) is represented by exhibits from Tiryns, Asine, Berbati and Palaia Epidauros. Artifacts from the Early Helladic Period include pottery, stone, clay and bronze seals, clay sealings, bone tools, The Acropolis at Tiryns was constructed in three phases, the first at the end of the Late Helladic II period (1500–1400 BCE), the second in Late Helladic III (1400–1300 BCE), and the third at the end of the Late Helladic III B (1300–1200 BCE). The Nafplion Museum hold artefacts from all of these eras. The Nafplion Archaeological Museum also hold examples of pottery from the Ancient Greek Photo Geometric era and the Geometric Era, with pottery examples from Tiryns.

The Archaeological Museum of Nafplio Nafplion) antiquities - photos pictures images. This photo gallery has images of the museum antiquity collections held at Naflio archaeological museum. The museum antiquities range from Early Neolithic through Helladic cultures to the Mycenaeans and ancient Greek civilisations from archaeological sites around Nafplio in Greece Peloponnese. The largest collections cover Mycenaean antiquities one of the highlights being the Mycenaean suit of bronze amour, The Armor of Dendra, from the "Tomb of Armor" Mycenaean cemetery of Dendra, 1500 to 1180 BC. The museum also hold archaeological find from the well know archaeological sites of Tiryns, Dendra, Epidaurus and Asine. Neolithic period - The museum's collection of clay vases and both anthropomorphic and zoomorphic clay figurines testify to cultural evolution that occurred during the Neolithic period. Helladic Period Finds - The early Helladic period (3300-2100/2000 BCE) is represented by exhibits from Tiryns, Asine, Berbati and Palaia Epidauros. Artifacts from the Early Helladic Period include pottery, Tiryns was a hill fort in the Argolid peninsula with occupation ranging back seven thousand years.A flourishing early pre-Hellenic settlement located about 15 km southeast of Mycenae was built on the site during the middle of the 3rd millennium BC. Asine was also a city of ancient Argolis and was mentioned by Homer in the Iliad as under the rule of Diomedes, king of Argos. It is said to have been founded by the Dryopes, an aboriginal tribes of ancient Greece when Heracles and the Malians drove them out of the valleys of Mount Oeta and gave their homeland to the Dorians. Berbati, the ancient name for Prosymna, was another ancient site where archaeologists found remains dating back to Neolithic times. It became a site for ceramic production and its vessels were exported throughout the northeast Peloponnese. Palaia (Archaia) Epidavros, now combined with Nea Epidavros, was mentioned in Homer's Iliad as "rich in wine" and for sending a large number of ships to Troy. These important antiquities are displayed in a modern museum that is a pleasure to visit. Download Ancient Greek and Mycenaean antiquities photos as royalty free images of buy as photo art pictures on line. SEE MORE PHOTO ANTIQUITIES COLLECTIONS at: https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/p/museum-antiquities Visit our MYCENAEN ART PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Pictures-Images-of-Ancient-Mycenaean-Art-Artefacts-Archaeology-Sites/C0000xRC5WLQcbhQ

.Pictures images photos of the painted Ancient Greek tomb frescoes of Poseidonia later renamed by the Romans as Paestum when they conquerored it in 275 BC. Paestum is renowned for its tomb frescoes most of which were painted the third century BC when Poseidonia was a Lucanian town. There is though one older example of true Greek fresco technique, the "Tomb of the Diver", which is the only example of Greek painting with figured scenes dating from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical periods to survive in its entirety. Among the thousands of Greek tombs known from this time (roughly 700–400 BC), this is the only one to have been decorated with frescoes of human subjects. In ancient Greece, the symposium was an important social drinking party and the long sides of the Tomb of the diver are painted with men reclining on couches drinking. Some of the men are calling for wine from a slave boy who is depicted on one of the end panels of the tomb with a wreathed crater. In one panel of the Symposium the men are depicted with musical instruments possibly playing the songs of Eros to help the deceased journey to the next world. On the other Symposium panel there is a sense of sexuality between 2 male figures who look longingly at each other. The scenes could depict the next world where pleasure rules and the deceased will be reborn. The lid of the Tomb of the Diver depicts a young man diving into the Ocean of death which symbolises the the passage from life to death. On the last end panel other there is a cortege made up of a naked young man with a short blue cape proceeded by a flutist and followed by a pedagogue leaning on a cane. The other tomb paintings that have serviced in Paestum belonging to the period of the Lucanian rule. Popular frescos depict chariot racing, hunting scenes, duals beaten men and the deceased on his or her death bed. The collection of Paestum tomb paintings can be seen in the museum of Paestum adjacent to the archaeological site. The tomb paintings of Paestum which have survived in remarkable condition. A UNESCO Wolrd Heritage Site.Pictures from Paestum National Archaeological Museum. USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Diver Wold Heritage Site Page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/842 Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw (updated 2021) Add photos of Paestum Ancient Greek Fresco using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock - Scroll down and type - Paestum Fresco - into LOWER search box. (TIP - Refine search by adding a background colour as well)

Pictures images photos of the Riace Bronzes Greek statues cast about 460 BC. Riace is a sea side town 80 km (50 miles) north of Reggio Calabria where in 1972 two full sized bronze warrior statues were found in the sea. This was an astounding discovery as bronze statues from antiquity are very rare as the metal was valuable and was re-used by successive generations. The Riace bronze statues went through 9 years of conservation during which time every aspect of the statues was investigated using the latest scientific methods. This has given archaeologists deeper understanding of how the Greeks made such incredible bronze statues. It is not fully known the purpose of the Riace Bronzes but academics believe that statue A was probably sculpted by Myron and statue B was made by Phidias. The style of the Riace statues straddles the archaic period and heralds the start of the classical period. Both statues depict strong young naked warriors who stand calmly but exuding great power. In the Archaic Period, 200 years before the Riace Bronzes were made, Kouros (Youth or Boy) sculptures were typical. Kouros stand straight and static looking forwards with no expression on their faces. Even though there is a hint of the Archaic Period in the Riace Bronzes unlike the Kouros there is a sense of movement. The Riace Bronzes have their legs bent as if they are about to take a step and their heads are turned which accentuates a sense of anticipation as if they are looking for something they have on their faces. The anatomical detail is extraordinary which gives a startling realism to the statue and demonstrate the high level of skill of the Greek sculptors of this period. This style was then adopted by the Romans who spread it across their Empire and was rediscovered again during the Renaissance and has been the bench mark of high art ever since. The Riace Bronzes are exhibited in the newly constructed the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia in the southern Italian City of Reggio Calabria, Italy. Housed in a temperature controlled gallery that has been made earthquake proof, they are now safe for generations to come. Download Royalty Free Riace Bronzes pictures of buy on line as photo art wall art. For editorial use only.To use in advertising please apply for permission to the Museo Nazionale della Magna Grecia, Reggio Calabria. RELATED LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riace_bronzes Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw Add photos of Riace Bronzes statues using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock - Scroll down and type - Riace - into LOWER search box. (TIP - Refine search by adding a background colour as well).

Pictures images photos of the spectacular Greek painted "Tomb of the Diver" from Paestum. The frescoes of the "Tomb of the Diver" are unique in the ancient Greek world, although its style reveals its Greek qualities and cultural roots, and it is the only example of Greek painting with figured scenes dating from the Orientalizing, Archaic, or Classical periods to survive in its entirety. On the long walls were painted scenes of banqueting. Pairs of men recline on couches conversing, eating drinking, flirting, playing or listening to music. On one of the end walls a male figure pours wine from a wreathed crater. These are scenes from a Symposium, a ritualised feast that was an important social event enjoyed by the elite males of ancient Greece. These scenes show a stereotypical Greek communal event at the heart of Greek culture. The style of the frescoes come from the Greek archaic period. The angular poses and features of the pairs of figures depicted in profile, the outline and the details are typical of archaic The frescoes go further though and depict and have an emotional content which could depict the emotions of sensuality and earthly pleasures. There is pleasure in the scenes and an amorous intent in the composition and gestures.On the last end panel other there is a cortege made up of a naked young man with a short blue cape proceeded by a flutist and followed by a pedagogue leaning on a cane. This could be a procession with the deceased being led to the next world by a boy playing the song of Eros which links the earthly scenes of the Symposium with the next world of the spirit. The inside of the lid of the Tomb of the Diver depicts a young man diving into the Ocean of death from a column that marks the end of the known world. The figure could be the deceased and the dive a metaphor for the passage from life to death, from the physical to the spiritual world. The absolute meaning of the frescoes of "The Tomb of the Diver" can only be guessed by academics but it is for sure that they have meaning and possibly have a narrative that relates to the passage from life to death. The Greeks believed, according to the contemporary poet Semonides, that "painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting that speaks". USEFUL LINKS: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Diver Wold Heritage Site Page https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/842 Visit our ANCIENT GREEKS PHOTO COLLECTIONS for more photos to download or buy as wall art prints https://funkystock.photoshelter.com/gallery-collection/Ancient-Greeks-Art-Artefacts-Antiquities-Historic-Sites/C00004CnMmq_Xllw Add photos of Paestum Greek Tomb Diver Fresco using ADD TO CART button as royalty free download or prints or download from our ALAMY STOCK LIBRARY page at https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/paul-williams-funkystock - Scroll down and type - Paestum Fresco - into LOWER search box. (TIP - Refine search by adding a background colour as well).