Tag: 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
Read more: 06.2 History of Minoan CivilizationThe Minoans (c. 3500 – 1100 BCE) had developed significant naval power and for many centuries lived in contact with all…
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Crete: Minoan Archaeological Sites
Read more: Crete: Minoan Archaeological SitesCrete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the busy eastern Mediterranean…
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The Harvester Vase
Read more: The Harvester VaseA masterpiece of low relief sculpture The Harvester Vase is a rhyton from Bronze Age Crete, Greece, unearthed in the Minoan…
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Knossos
Read more: KnossosKnossos (Κνωσσός, also transliterated as Cnossos, Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Gnossos) palace was undeniably the most important center of Minoan Crete. It is…
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Malia
Read more: MaliaThe Minoan palace at Malia (Μάλια) is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos. The palace’s proximity…
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Minoan Art
Read more: Minoan ArtWhat has survived to our day from Minoan art provides insight into the culture that flourished in Crete during the Aegean…
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Minoan Culture
Read more: Minoan CultureLanguage The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It is dated to…
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National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCE
Read more: National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Stone and Bronze Age 4000 – 1100 BCEThe National Archaeological Museum in Athens exhibits some of the best examples of Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts from the Aegean…
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Palaikastro Minoan Settlement at Rousolakos
Read more: Palaikastro Minoan Settlement at RousolakosΠαλαίκαστρο (Palaikastro, sometimes also transliterated as Palekastro) Minoan town unearthed at the Rousolakos location near the modern town of Palaikastro. The…
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Phaistos
Read more: PhaistosPhaistos (Φαιστός, also transliterated as Faestos, Phaestos, Faistos) is the second largest Minoan palace of Crete after Knossos. The Bronze Age…
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Sitia Archaeological Museum
Read more: Sitia Archaeological MuseumThe Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Σητεία, Siteia) houses a large number of Paleolithic, Minoan, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman artifacts from excavations…
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Theseus and the Minotaur
Read more: Theseus and the MinotaurThe Minotaur The Minotaur was a terrible monster with the body of a man, and the head of a bull, born…