A fertile soil and abundant supplies helped to make the Minoans a prosperous civilization. These cities spread across the Aegean and beyond, using crete as an export outlet for timber, food, wine, ...

The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

A great deal of Minoan culture was incorporated into Mycenaean culture after the Mycenaeans took over the islands from the Minoans. By modifying the Minoan writing to their own language, they became ...

Minoan Trade RoutesMinoan influence inthe Bronze ... Its vibrant culture made a major impact on the rising new regional power: the Mycenaean Greeks, who lauded King Minos and Crete in their ...

Scholars have long debated the nature of the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans. This discussion has centered on whether Mycenaean culture, and what is thought of as ancient Greek ...

The Minoans were a powerful but mysterious naval civilization in the Bronze Age Mediterranean, but how was their calendar like?

An overview of Ancient Greek art, including painting, sculpture and architecture, and a look at how it changed over the years ...

A recent study conducted by geoscientists from Heidelberg University has uncovered the earliest known evidence of ...

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 ...