A fertile soil and abundant supplies helped to make the Minoans a prosperous civilization. These cities spread across the Aegean and beyond, using crete as an export outlet for timber, food, wine, ...

A great deal of Minoan culture was incorporated into Mycenaean culture after the Mycenaeans took over the islands from the Minoans. By modifying the Minoan writing to their own language, they became ...

Minoan Trade RoutesMinoan influence inthe Bronze ... Its vibrant culture made a major impact on the rising new regional power: the Mycenaean Greeks, who lauded King Minos and Crete in their ...

Can the myth of the Labyrinth of Knossos be explained by the Minoan civilization? This article examines the evidence.

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

The Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations flourished on Crete and the Greek mainland during the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. Homer immortalized them in his two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Bull-Leaping-Fresco from the Great Palace at Knossos, Crete. (The original is located at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Heraklion, Crete) The image may only be used with credit to the author ...

Presents a survey of the emergence, the major accomplishments, the failures, and the decline of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age civilizations of the Minoans and Mycenaeans through the ...