The 'Libyan Landscape' from Thera

A Review of Aegean Enterprises in the Late Minoan 1A Period

Authors

  • Ora Negbi Tel Aviv University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v7i1.73

Keywords:

landscape, fresco analysis, maritime activity, eastern Mediterranean

Abstract

The narrative context of the exotic scenery depicted in the Theran 'Libyan Landscape' becomes more comprehensible now due to recent restoration of the 'Miniature Fresco' from the West House at Akrotiri. The historical authenticity of this fresco gains further credence from new archaeological evidence for Aegean enterprises overseas in the LMIA period. This paper re-evaluates the implications of new evidence on the absolute date of the Thera eruption, the extent and nature of maritime activity in the eastern Mediterranean in general, and the political, commercial and cultural intercourse between the rulers of Knossos and Avaris during the late Hyksos period in particular.

Author Biography

  • Ora Negbi, Tel Aviv University
    Ora Negbi is Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her main field of interest is the connections between the Levant, Cyprus and the Aegean during the Bronze and Iron Ages, and her recent studies examine the expansion of the Phoenicians in the Mediterranean. She is currently involved in excavations at Tel Gerisa on the central coastal plain of Israel.

Published

1994-06-01

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Negbi, O. (1994). The ’Libyan Landscape’ from Thera: A Review of Aegean Enterprises in the Late Minoan 1A Period. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology, 7(1), 73-112. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmea.v7i1.73