A rare fresco of the Virgin Mary was recently discovered on the Greek island of Naxos by the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades.
The fresco is expected to shed light on the history of Byzantine painting in the Aegean before the era of the iconoclastic controversy which sought to ban the veneration of religious images in 8th century.
According to ekathimerini.com the find is part of a wider set of pre-iconoclastic wall paintings on the island.
Source: ekathimerini.com
