On the island of Crete, which lies nearer to the coast of Africa than to the Greek mainland, a brilliant civilization flourished from approximately 3650 to 1400 BCE. It was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of British archaeologist Arthur Evans and refers to the mythic King Minos. Minos was…
Left: Reproduction of the Ladies in Blue fresco from Knossos. Center: Priest King fresco restored. Right: reproduction of a woman carrying...
By the EM period (3,000-2,000 BCE) the production of certain material activities had become separated from the general population, and the...
Minoan nobles attacking a city, from the Age of Bronze mod for Rome II Arthur Evans had a terrible idea about the Minoans: he thought...
In the outset it would seem difficult, if not impossible, to delve into the belief system of an extinct culture. Whatever could be reconstr...
The earliest neolithic houses on Crete were wooden and partially dug into the ground, within 500 years these people had pottery and 1,000 y...
The hierarchical social structure which emerged on Crete around 2,000 BCE grew in parallel with localized hierarchical architecture. The do...
Crete’s Minoan civilization was Europe’s first great Bronze Age society, but who were the Minoans? New DNA results suggest they were European
From the blog of Simcha Jacobovici at The Times of Israel
Seals are personal designs carved into a small amulet style object, when stamped into clay it in effect leaves your signature. This manne...
Engaging PowerPoint & Keynote History Presentation on Seafaring Traders Minoans and Phoenicians. Customizable
In this post about Ancient Greece Minoans with book recommendations, map work, Minoan note pages, clothing and lots of hands-on activities
As Neolithic people across the Middle East began to utilize copper tools, then bronze tools, slowly Crete was changing too. During the 4 th...
Interesting posts by tag: minoans. Read on the LiveJournal blog helens_daughter
Apart from their magnificent artwork, their religion and the many crafts they produced the Minoans spent some of their leisure time taking part in sports activities such as, boxing, wrestling and bull leaping. The bull leaping is believed to be in connection with bull worship. In one type the leaper approaches the bull from the front, grabs…
Explore Mykonos away from the popular tourist spots and into the heart of an historic village wrapped in history and Greek mythology.
The West Porch with the west facade behind it, at Knossos As the brief Sumerian renaissance faltered and its culture was replaced ...
Bettany Hughes presents this documentary looking at life and democracy in ancient Athens.Bettany Hughes explores the history of Ancient Egypt and the amazing...
“The evidence preserved to us by the passage of time constitutes but a small fraction of that which must have once existed. Each imported v...
