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The argument is based on the innovative use of both experimental costume replications and digital imaging that superimposes details from other well-documented frescoes onto the fragments to test possible poses and details. The reconstructions proposed here are based on costume details depicted by the frescoes and on textual data, including intriguing Linear B ideograms. These reconstructions are then set within the larger spectrum of cult scenes in Aegean art, and some details of the dress worn in these frescoes are connected to Aegean cult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study presents evidence for reconstructing two frescoes, including the well-known &ldquo;Mykenaia,&rdquo; found at the Southwest Building at Mycenae. 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