The ancient Minoans were a thriving Bronze Age civilisation (also the first to have emerged in Europe during this historical period) on the island of Crete and the nearby islands in the Sea of Crete, the Libyan Sea, and in the Aegean Sea proper in the archipelago of the Cyclades where they had various settlements…
Minoan art represents the art of the ancient Minoans, a Bronze Age culture native to the island of Crete in the Aegean Sea as well as the surrounding smaller islands. The Minoans are often regarded as the first civilisation to have emerged in Europe during Antiquity and the mysteries surrounding their lost civilisation continue to…
This article comprises a list of 10 interesting facts you should know about the ancient Minoans, an enigmatic Bronze Age population which once lived in Europe. 10. The Minoans are often referred to as Europe’s first and therefore oldest civilisation. The civilisation of the Minoans dates back to the Bronze Age. 9. The Minoans lived…
Atlantis is a legendary lost continent, bygone ancient civilisation, and lost, submerged concentric-ringed city said to have existed way back in the past, situated, according to legend, somewhere in the North Atlantic Ocean, at the crossroads between Europe, Africa, and North America. The first well known literary sources detailing the myth of Atlantis are the…
The Minoans were an ancient European civilisation native to the island of Crete in the southern Mediterranean which thrived by means of trade, agriculture, and fishing for a long time and expanded territorially during the Bronze Age to the nearby islands in the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea as well as to the…
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