This fresco is found at the Palace in Knossos on the Greek island Crete. This fresco is in the Queen's Hall. This depiction of marine life shows us how much the Aegean people appreciated their local marine life. Simple dolphins and fish with some aegean decoration are shown in this fresco. Because an art work with these animals are in the queen's hall, they must have been seen as not only a necessary food source, but also worthy of a spot in a palace. These animals are not very detailed, and don't seem to be in motion, but since they are decorated, we can assume they had a special place in society. Contemporary art of this period is similarly two-demential with humans being indistinguishable from each other, so dolphins and fish are depicted this way not because they are unimportant, but because that was merely the style of art at the time. The Aegean people's lives were intertwined with the sea and sea animals were part of everyone's life.
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