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Akrotiri is an archeological site in Greece that is located in Santorini. Greece is one of the countries known for its ancient history. The Ministry of Culture and Sports performed the archeological research concerning the Akrotiri. The Ministry of Culture and Sports did the excavation at the Akrotiri site from the Late Neolithic times. During the excavation the Ministry of Culture and Sports found that the Akrotiri had a large settlement with the elaborate drainage system, complex multi-storied buildings that had wonderful paintings on walls, vessels and furniture. The Akrotiri had wide network with its external relations as shown by the different objects that were found in the buildings that were imported. "In the last quarter of the 17th …show more content…

Most of the frescoes that were in Akrotiri were removed and they now reside in Athens or the local Akrotiri Museum some of them are in the in process of conservation. Some of the arts like large colorful murals represents best depictions of Bronze Age Aegean culture, represents details of dress, natural history and ceremony. The House of Ladies had frescoes that depicted women and that was the reason it was named after the women. Marinates uncovered a mural of vervet of monkeys that were skipping on the sheer of the ocean cliffs to the west. These depictions indicated that the Theran had relationship with people from the Upper Nile, where these species of monkey is the origin. The artworks of the large pottery pieces and figurines have been recovered.
People who Akrotiri had arts skills. They utilized these skills to make various magnificent frescoes to decorate their building. For instance the House of Ladies building had brilliant decoration and it was named after the fresco with Ladies and the Papyruses that were used to decorate the interior. The art skills of these people were utilized in decoration of the Xeste 4 that is being excavated up to

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