Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

TO-DAY even the most old-fashioned admirer of Hellenism has to admit that classical Greek civilisation was not only preceded by but also actually rooted in the Minoan culture of Crete and its ...

Since the earliest era of archaeological discovery on Crete, vivid renderings of animals have been celebrated as defining elements of Minoan culture. Animals were crafted in a rich range of substances ...

The palace at Knossos on Crete was an important centre for the Minoan civilization DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations. Researchers analysed genetic data ...

Along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant, Minoan Crete was one of the primary cultures of the prehistoric Mediterranean world. In this book, L. Vance Watrous offers an up-to-date overview of this ...