Ladies in Blue fresco on display at the Knossos Palace in Crete, Greece
Ladies in Blue fresco
The image shows the Ladies in Blue fresco on display at the Knossos Palace located on the island of Crete, Greece. It belonged to the Minoans, a mysterious culture that thrived in Crete more than 4000 years ago.
Beautiful and colorful frescoes decorated the walls of the Minoan palaces and houses. They followed certain color codes, most likely borrowed from the Egyptians. These color codes are, red for men, white for women, yellow for gold.
Other Frescoes
– Bull Leaping Fresco
– Prince of the Lilies Fresco
– Dolphins Fresco
– Griffin Fresco in the Throne Room
Palace at Knossos Images
– Horns of Consecration – Sacred horns of the bull
– Ruins of a multi-storied structure
– Ruins of Palace at Knossos
– Reconstructed hall with columns and frescoes
– Bastion of the Bull
– King’s Megaron and Stoa
– Queen’s Megaron
– Reconstructed wooden throne
– Jars at “The Magazines of the Great Pithoi”
– Pithoi Jars
Related Pages
– Minoan Civilization, Mycenaean Civilization
– Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora
– Crete, Greek Islands, Greece
– Ephesus
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