Minoan civilization Minoan civilization Arkalochori (also Arkalokhori) is a modern city in Crete and the archaeological site of a Minoan sacred cave in eastern Crete. The sacred cave was used from 2500 to 1450 BCE. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arkalochori"
Sir Arthur John Evans ( July 8, 1851 – July 11, 1941) was an English archaeologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Evans"
(Atsipades) * Jones, Donald W. 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete ISBN 9170811539 ...more on Wikipedia about "Atsipades"
The worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world is most familiar in the episode of the idol of the Golden Calf made by Aaron and worshipped by the Hebrews in the wilderness of Sinai ( Exodus). But far to the east, Shiva's holy steed (called vahana in Sanskrit) is Nandi, the Bull. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bull (mythology)"
Bull-leaping is thought to have been a key ritual in the religion of the Minoan civilization on Bronze Age Crete. As in the case of other Mediterranean civilizations, the bull was the subject of veneration and worship (see Bull (mythology) for more). The Minoans regarded the bull as a manifestation of the god Poteidan, the most powerful god in the Minoan pantheon. They were renowned for their reverance of the bull, as the legend of the Minotaur illustrates, and are often believed to have practised a dangerous and acrobatic ritual of vaulting over the horns of bulls. This practice is widely depicted in frescos and ceramics found at and around the palace of Knossos, the legendary home of King Minos, for whom archaeologists named the entire civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bull-leaping"
The Minoan language is a non- Hellenic language of Crete that was spoken before the invasion of Mycenaean armies. It was written in Linear A, a syllabary used extensively up to 1420 BCE, primarily for the purposes of religious inscriptions and administrative records. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eteocretan language"
Fournou Korifi is the archaeological site of a Minoan settlement on southern Crete. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fournou Korifi"
Galatas ( Greek: Γαλατάς, meaning milkman), is a town located in the eastern part of the peninsula of the Peloponnese. It is the seat of the municipality of Troizina. It is one the easternmost municipality in the peninsula. It is located on a road connecting the rest of the Peloponnese, Argolis and Ligouri and Galatas and the road to Ermioni and Kranidi. It is located E of ancient Troezen, SE of Ligouri, NE of Kranidi and Ermioni and SW of Methana. The island of Poros is only 50 m apart and is a twin town. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galatas"
Gortyn (Greek Γορτυς/Gortys, also Γορτύν/Gortun or Γόρτυνα/Gortuna) is a town in the Greek island of Crete, 45 km away from the capital Heraklion. It was a very important city during the age of the Minoan civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gortyn"
Gournia is the site of a Minoan palace complex on the island of Crete, Greece, excavated in the early 20th century by the American archaeologist, Harriet Boyd-Hawes. Gournia lies in the municipality of Ierapetra in the prefecture of Lasithi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gournia"
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Kamares is the location of an archeaological site of a Minoan peak sanctuary in south-central Crete. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kamares (Crete), Greece"
Karfi, Crete, (also Karphi) is a little-visited archaeological site high in the Dikti Mountains that is the Macchu Picchu of Minoan civilization. When the warlike mixed group conventionally referred to as Dorians arrived in Crete from the Peloponnese after ca 1100 BCE, archaeological reconstructions suggest that they would have found the Minoan people living along with the Mycenaeans, surviving as an underclass. No doubt the Minoan language continued to be spoken by the peasants, though inscriptions, now in Linear B, were all in a form of Greek associated with a Mycenaean upper class (BBC). ...more on Wikipedia about "Karfi"
Kea, also known as Gia (Κέα / Τζια in Greek), Tzia and Keos (Ancient: Κέως), is an island of the Cyclades archipelago, in the Aegean Sea, in Greece. It is the island of the Cyclades complex that is closest to Attica (about 1 hour by ferry from Lavrio) and is also 20 km from Cape Sounio as well as 60 km SE of Athens. Its climate is arid and its terrain is hilly. Its capital, Ioulis, is inland at a high altitude (like most ancient Cycladic settlements, for the fear of pirates) and is considered quite picturesque. Other major villages of Kea are Korrisia (the port) and Vourkari (a fishing village). After suffering depopulation for many decades, Kea has been recently rediscovered by Athens city dwellers as a convenient destination for weekends and yachting trips. The population in 1991 was only 1,797 and the density below prefectural and Greek average. Kea is 19 km long from north to south and 9 km wide from west to east. The area is 128 km² with the highest point being 560 or 570 m. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kea (island)"
Knossos ( ; alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Greek Κνωσσός; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan culture. ...more on Wikipedia about "Knossos"
Koumasa is the site of a prepalatial cemetery on Crete. The cemetery is actually located between Loukia and Koumasa. This Minoan archaealogical site was first excavated by Stephanos Xanthoudides from 1904-1906. The site contained four tombs; three tholos tombs and one rectangular tomb. ...more on Wikipedia about "Koumasa"
Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-bladed axe being hēmipelekus "half-pelekus", e.g. Il. 23.883). Representations of the labrys are on Neolithic finds of " Old Europe", and the labrys is continued in Minoan Thracian, Greek (and Byzantine) art and mythology. It also appears in African mythology (see Shango). Today, it is sometimes used as a symbol associated with female and matristic power. ...more on Wikipedia about "Labrys"
Lasithi (Greek: Λασήθι) is a prefecture of Greece on the island of Crete. It lies east of the prefecture of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major tows are Ierapetra, Sitia and Neapoli. The mountains includes the Dikte to the west and the Sitia mountains to the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lasithi"
Linear A is an undeciphered script used in ancient Crete. Its decipherment is one of the " holy grails" of ancient scripts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linear A"
Linear A and Linear B are the ancient written forms of the languages used by the Minoans and Myceneans of Crete. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linear A and Linear B"
Malia, also spelled Mallia is the name given now to an ancient city on the island of Crete. The original name for the city is not known. Malia was located on the north coast of the island in a fertile plain. The city ruins now lie about 2 miles east of the tourist resort of Malia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malia (city)" The Ultimate www.shortopedia.com Machine.
The Minoans were a pre- Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, prior to Helladic or Mycenaean culture (i.e., well before what we know as Classical Greece). Their civilization flourished from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minoan civilization"
Jones, Donald W. 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete ISBN 9170811539 ...more on Wikipedia about "Minoan Modi"
Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool for dating the mute Minoan civilization. Its restless sequence of rapidly-maturing artistic styles reveal something of Minoan patrons' pleasure in novelty while they help archaeologists assign relative dates to the strata of their sites. Pots that contained oils and ointments, exported from 18th century BC Crete, have been found at sites through the Aegean islands and mainland Greece, on Cyprus, along the coatal Syria and in Egypt, showing the wide trading contacts of the Minoans. The extremely fine palace pottery called Kamares ware, and the Late Minoan all-over patterned "Marine style" are the high points of the Minoan pottery tradition. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minoan pottery"
In Greek mythology, Minos was a semi-legendary king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa. The Minoan civilization has been named after him. ...more on Wikipedia about "Minos"
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