Minoan
The Minoan civilization flourished in the island of Crete during the Bronze Age between 3500-1100 BCE. The name “Minoan” was assigned during the 19th century but we do not know what the inhabitants of Crete called themselves in ancient times.
The Minoans were a significant naval power in the Aegean Sea, and for many centuries lived in contact with all the major civilizations of the time. Their commercial contact with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia undeniably influenced their own culture, and the Minoan civilization in turn appeared as the forerunner of the Greek civilization. The Minoans are credited as the first European civilization.
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06.2 History of Minoan Civilization | Ιστορία του Μινωικού Πολιτισμού
The Minoans (c. 3500 – 1100 BCE) had developed significant naval power and for many centuries lived in…
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Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites
Crete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the…
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The Harvester Vase
A masterpiece of low relief sculpture The Harvester Vase is a rhyton from Bronze Age Crete, Greece, unearthed…
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Knossos
Knossos (Κνωσσός, also transliterated as Cnossos, Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Gnossos) palace was undeniably the most important center of Minoan…
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Malia
The Minoan palace at Malia (Μάλια) is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos.…
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Minoan Art
What has survived to our day from Minoan art provides insight into the culture that flourished in Crete…
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Minoan Culture
Language The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It…
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National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCE
The National Archaeological Museum in Athens exhibits some of the best examples of Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts…
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Palaikastro Minoan Settlement at Rousolakos
Παλαίκαστρο (Palaikastro, sometimes also transliterated as Palekastro) Minoan town unearthed at the Rousolakos location near the modern town…
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Phaistos
Phaistos (Φαιστός, also transliterated as Faestos, Phaestos, Faistos) is the second largest Minoan palace of Crete after Knossos.…
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Sitia Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Σητεία, Siteia) houses a large number of Paleolithic, Minoan, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman…
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Theseus and the Minotaur
The Minotaur The Minotaur was a terrible monster with the body of a man, and the head of…