Minoan Trade RoutesMinoan influence inthe Bronze Age can be traced through archaeology. On the island of Melos there are architectural remnants, pottery, and frescoes in Cretan style, similar to ...

The Minoan settlement of Akrotiri near Santorini is depicted in this fresco as a fleet is returning. Did the Minoans have money? This is a brief overview of the Minoan economy, which was based in the ...

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 ...

Minoan Greece had fast food 3,600 years ago, with food stalls serving dishes like souvlaki, a beloved Greek staple still popular today.

A labyrinth of massive columns and beautiful frescoes, the Palace of Knossos is a testament to the sophistication of the Minoan civilization that disappeared sometime in the 14th century.

Frescoes in the palace at Knossos show large ... he turned instinctively to the palace of Minoan Crete, to that encounter between man and bull that still haunts us all ... the Minotaur.

A 4,000-year-old circular structure discovered on a hilltop in Greece may have been used for ancient Minoan rituals ... jewelry and frescoes — but their main written language has never been ...

Beyond the frescoes and architecture ... considered one of the most important Minoan structures and the Palace of Zakros, Zakros likely served as the Minoan gateway to the Middle East, as ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ... gold and bronze, and colourful frescoes, often depicting bulls. Evans was eager to reconstruct the role that the animals might have played in ...