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Minoan Octopus Fresco, Knossos, Crete, Greece

Minoan Octopus Fresco
Original Painting of Ancient Artwork
Late Bronze Age (LBA)
Late Minoan (LM) Period
Knossos, Crete, Greece

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Height: 12,912 Pixels, 43.0 Inches, 109.3 Cms
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Artwork Description
A replica of this fresco is displayed in the "Loggia" (a light-well open to the air) directly above the Throne Room in the West Wing of Knossos palace. On the south side of the Throne Room is a room behind a balustrade with three wooden columns and a short flight of six steps leading down to a sunken floor. Arthur Evans called these sunken rooms "Lustral Basins". He assumed they were filled with water for use in ritual cleansing. But since his time this has fallen into question. Directly above the Lustral Basin was a light-well with an opening in the ceiling that probably extended to the roof of the palace. The floor above the basin where the Octopus fresco is displayed allowed for the observation of whatever occurred below to be viewed from overhead. During Evans' excavation several objects and pieces of crystal and gold were found in the basin that they believed had fallen from above. The original reconstructed fresco is on display at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum in Crete.
Map of Location where the Minoan Dolphins Fresco was Discovered, West Wing, Above the Throne Room, Knossos, Crete, Greece
Map of Location where the
Minoan Octopus Fresco
was Discovered
West Wing
Above the Throne Room
Knossos, Crete, Greece


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