File:Young boxers fresco, Akrotiri, Greece.jpg
By Unknown - from Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, 10-2012, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36172020 A painting of Minoan youths boxing, from an Akrotiri fresco circa BCE 1650, the earliest documented use of boxing gloves. Unknown - from Le Musée absolu, Phaidon, 10-2012 Young boxers fresco, Akrotiri, Greece. This fresco depicts two naken children wearing a belt and boxing gloves. Their head is shaved, excepted two long locks on the back, and two shorter on the forehead. Their dark skin indicates their gender. The boy at left is more reserved, and wears jewelry (bracelets, necklace) which indicates a high social status. Work from the same artist of the Antilops fresco. Room B1, building B in Akrotiri.
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