Archaeologists in Crete, Greece, uncovered the building techniques of the Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age Aegean.

Numerous customs and cultural practices of the Minoan civilization from Crete have been preserved through the Christian ...

During the Minoan period, between 2000 BCE and 1400 BCE, the civilization evolved. In particular, their temple at Knossos was a magnificent piece of architecture. In ancient Minoan society, wealth was ...

In ancient Minoa, farmers had to pay a tax on a portion of their crops. Because the Minoans were a maritime civilization dependent on trade and food from the sea, they were prosperous and ...

Minoan Trade RoutesMinoan influence inthe ... Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek civilization, archaeological study of its culture is relatively recent. Some of the earliest traces ...

The Phaistos disk is covered in indecipherable symbols.

These ancient Aegean people were mostly descended ... and colleagues focussed on burials from the Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete from 2,600 to 1,100 BC, and the ...

These ancient societies ... philosophy, and the arts. Minoan Civilization 2700 BCE - 1450 BCE Inhabitants of Crete known for ...

Archaeologists excavating a site located five miles southwest of present-day Aigio on the Trapezá plateau in the Peloponnese ...

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 ...