The Boxing Boys

Posted by on Saturday, May 18, 2013 Under: Art


Title
:  The Boxing Boys

Date:  c. 1600 B.C.E.

Artist:  Unknown

Date:  c. 1600 B.C.E.

Infomation:  This fresco from Thera (modern-day Santorini in Greece) depicts two Minoan
boys engaged in boxing and is the earliest image depicting the use of boxing gloves.

In : Art 


Tags: greece  boxing  "boxing artwork"   
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