Wall paintings spanning two millennia of Cretan painting history and technology were
analysed in an effort to determine similarities and evolutions of painting materials and …

Within the broad corpus of polychrome artefacts and paintings from ancient Greece,
uncommon pigments have been identified, which signify high social status, or seem to have …

This paper presents the results of an investigation of organic binding media detected in
samples from the Mycenaean wall-paintings at the “Palace of Nestor” in Pylos (Western …

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) was used in the examination of Bronze Age
painted plaster samples from several sites in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. The …

This work deals with the detection and imaging of metal oxalates/carboxylates in the paint
layers of ancient wall paintings and with the investigation of their possible association with …

Some cartonnage fragments from Hawara, Fayoum Excavation were examined to identify
pigments, media and grounds. It belonged to the Greek-Roman period. They were studied …

This textbook offers an up-to-date academic synthesis of the Aegean islands from the
earliest Palaeolithic period through to the demise of the Mycenaean civilization in the Late …

The authors interpret two joining pieces of a brightly colored wall painting found at the
Palace of Nestor in 1939. The fragment, removed from the walls of the palace prior to its final …

This paper refers to an investigation of finds that are associated with the raw materials and
tools for the preparation or use of lead pigments at Akrotiri on Thera, Greece, during the …

The wall painting fragments from the Mycenaean “Palace of Nestor” at Pylos, are
characterized by their high artistic quality, their unusual iconographic variety and the use of …