During the Late Minoan period (1570-1425 B.C.), nautical decorations were popular on pottery It was common to cover the whole surface of a vessel with paintings of creatures such as octopuses ...

Watrous also presents and interprets Minoan art works in a range of media, including fresco paintings, pottery, and seals, and explains how Minoan Crete affected the culture of classical Greece. Aimed ...

"I have seen many paintings of people leaping or cutting ... It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ... fascinated by the idea of confronting the bull. "I have seen many paintings of people leaping or cutting the bulls. There always has been a kind ...

"Out in the middle of the wine-dark sea, there is a land called Crete, a rich and lovely land washed by the sea on every side; and in it are many peoples and 90 cities. There, one language mingles ...