Minoan frescoes, or wall paintings, are typified by a blue background. The fresco joins other Aegean-style paintings that were found in the ancient Canaanite palace in the tel.

Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

The same can also be said of fish scales in Minoan art. Or it could be a nod to the ancient Egyptians, who deified baboons and used blue, considered a sacred color, to depict them.

You little Cretan cat, eager and still, With body tense, with wide and steady gaze — Look past the ferny tussock, look your fill! Watch for a sign beyond the green fern-haze.

The paintings appear in a building that is still being excavated and restored in the ancient Minoan town of Akrotiri on the island of Thera. A catastrophic eruption of the volcano on Thera, now ...