The Minoans, an advanced Mediterranean culture and civilisation of the Bronze Age with a beautiful art, are still predominantly mysterious and captivating to both researchers and enthusiasts of the past. Among the most interesting aspects of their bygone civilisation is their palatial system which continues to fascinate historians, archaeologists, and fans of ancient history alike….
The Minoans were an influential, mysterious, advanced, beautiful, yet also slightly extreme Bronze Age civilisation which thrived in Crete, the largest island of Greece, and the adjacent islands in the Aegean Sea (i.e. the Cyclades, but also some smaller ones in the Sea of Crete situated to the north of Crete) and the Libyan Sea…
The ancient Minoan Palace of Knossos (also known as the Palace of Minos, named as such after the legendary King Minos from Greek mythology) is a beautiful archaeological site in Heraklion, the most populous city on Crete, the largest island of Greece. The Palace of Knossos was the royal residence of the kings of the…
Ancient Egypt was one of the oldest civilisations in the world and an influential one for the ancient Greeks as well. Below you can read 10 interesting facts about the civilisation of ancient Egypt which continues to fascinate to this day: 10. The civilisation of ancient Egypt thrived along the banks of the Nile River…
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…
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