A monumental discovery! Just over a year ago, we discovered this mounted fresco. It is about 19 inches by 31 inches. It has been analyzed by a renowned art and antiquities appraiser who is also a specialist in ancient art materials. The appraiser confirms that it is at least 3,645 years old. Before now, this fresco was not known to exist. In the 1960′s an identical wall painting was discovered under 70 feet of pumice on the Greek island of Santorini. That painting is slightly larger and its condition is rather marginal. Around 1645 BC the ancient island Thera (now Santorini) exploded violently (second most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history), extincting the Aegean civilization (aka Minoa). At the time of the catastrophe this painting existed somewhere safely beyond the event. We have named the fresco “Aia MINOA”.