Minoan civilization

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a unique creature. The Minotaur has the head of a bull and the body of a human being. He was imprisonment in the famous maze known as the Labyrinth, designed by the legendary architect Daedalus and his son Icarus. This monster became a symbol of the dominance of Crete to Athens. Pasiphae King Minos wife in love with this bull she maintained relationship with him and gave birth to the Minotaur, The King thought he can maintain this beast to be tamed told him…

were created for. Each artworks throughout the history all had a meaning behind them and sometime the meaning of each piece of art overlap with one another. The Minoan Snake Goddess and the Greek Aphrodite of Knidos have many features in common, but they also have other different features from one another. Between the two statues, Minoan Snake Goddess and Greek Aphrodite of Knidos, the Snake Goddess is the older of the two because it was created during the c.1600 BCE in Knossos, Crete while the…

money is stolen by a one-eyed man played by John Goodman, a reference to the Cyclops whichOdysseus meets. Once the third member is recovered and the three friends are again together andon their way home, they disguise themselves as the Soggy Bottom Boys, a folk group whose hitsong “Man of Constant Sorrow”. These are two more references to the original story in that Odysseus himself returns to Ithaca disguised as a beggar, much like the folk of the dust bowl era,and his name, Odysseus, has been…

Mostly restored of several stuccopanels on the wall of the palace at Knossos in Crete, the fresco portrays the three young Minoans in various stages of a somersault over a huge beast (McInerney 12). The word toreador is originated from taurokathapsia which means “laying hold of the bull” (Higgins 35). First, the rider baits the bull to exhaust it; then he runs up beside it, leaps…

people. In any event, their power rose as that of the Minoans declined; the great a structure of historical importance of Mycenaean architecture were all built between 1400 and 1200 B. C. Apart from such details as the shape of the support, Mycenaean design owes little to the Minoan tradition.…

Greek, the earliest confirmed form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC. It is descended from the older Linear A, an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language. It is also the only one of the three "Linears" to be deciphered, by English architect and self-taught linguist Michael Ventris. The script was discovered by archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in the early 1900s during excavations in…

The Stela of Iykhernofret is an artefact that dates back to the Middle Kingdom. It contains an autobiography of an official named Iykhernofret, who lived during the reigns of Senwosret III and Amenemhet III in the end of the Twelfth Dynasty. The stela was found in Abydos, a city located on the western bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt’s eighth nome, relatively close to the Qena Bend. It is home to a necropolis – a vast burial site – in which the pharaohs from the Early Dynastic Period were buried.…

During the 12th century B.C.E., Greece and its islands were overrun by the Dorians, whose uncultured rule led to a collapse of the arts and crafts industry.During this time, the more secure setting of Athens became the centre for ceramic ideas and development. This consisted of mostly Sub-Mycenaean ware, followed by a more common Protogeometric style, confined to the rendering of circles, triangles, wavy lines, and simplified geometric designs. Protogeometric vases are one of the earliest types…

Knossos was constructed with ashlar masonry, or rubble masonry. The palace stood an impressive 3 stories high, the tallest building in the surrounding regions. Since the palace was a multi-level complex, the Minoans ingeniously used light wells with staircases around them to allow natural sunlight penetrate the lower levels. Impressively, the palace had water management and an early form of plumbing. There were baths and other washing halls that pumped water…

The Lost City of Atlantis is one of the biggest mysteries that has not been solved. After thousands of years, Plato’s Atlantis still captures the attention and speculations of many; including children, adults, archaeologists, and historians. Some claim that they have found Atlantis while others believe that the city is just a myth. The only reliable information that historians have about Atlantis is Plato’s Timaeus and Criterias. According to the Greek philosopher, Atlantis was a very wealthy…