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The Antelopes, is a fresco, which adorned the western wall of the room of the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri, Santorini (Thira). Two antilopes rendered in 24k gold-plated copper in a wooden frame. Antelopes were also painted on both the east and north walls, while on the south wall of the same room, there was the mural of the Boxers. This area of Akrotiri was inhabited for the first time during the Late Neolithic period (4500 BC).
Dimensions: 27 cm x 27 cm x 6 cm
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The Antelopes, is a fresco, which adorned the western wall of room B1 of Building B of the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri in Thira. The mural is 2.75 meters high and 2 meters wide. Antelopes were also painted on both the east (two antelopes) and the north wall (one on each side of that window), while on the south wall of the same room, there was the mural of the Pygmies.
A pair of antelopes of the species Oryx Beissa are rendered only by their outline, with strong black lines, sometimes thicker, sometimes thinner, and sometimes with double lines. Red color is also used on the heads of the animals to render details. The accuracy of the details leads to the conclusion that such animals must have inhabited the island before the Minoan explosion. The background is white and red, probably representing earth and sky. On the upper part of the wall there was a white decorative band with a red ivy branch and blue and green ivy leaves. At the bottom of the wall was a black band.
The Antelopes are today in the National Archaeological Museum.
From the findings of the excavations it is now known that the area of Akrotiri was inhabited for the first time during the Late Neolithic period (around 4500 BC) and during the 18th century BC. had developed into a city. At the beginning of the 17th century BC. it suffered great damage from a series of earthquakes, but then many of the buildings were repaired and others were left as they were, while new buildings were built near the older ones and the city expanded northwards. The city flourished during the Late Cycladic I period, until its burial by the so-called "Minoan explosion". The Late Cycladic I Period is contemporary with the Late Minoan IA Period in Crete, a period during which the new palaces (Neopalatial Period) flourished there.
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