Minoan Art & Culture

The majestic islands of the Aegean Sea were once the center of the western world: the sea-people who populated them, masters of shipbuilding and sailing. Their trading fleets roamed and ruled the Mediterranean, right up until the cataclysmic eruption of the volcanic island that was the heart of their nation. For a page-turning look into their civilization through the lens of historical fiction I invite you to read "Icarus and the Wing Builder."
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an ancient painting with a woman sitting on the ground and two birds flying above her
Ireland Women-only tour in search of Celtic Queen Grace O'Malley
Minoan Woman ~ Ancient Wall, Santorini Island, Greece
a large brown vase sitting on top of a stone floor next to a pile of rocks
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Minoan pots
an artistic painting on the side of a building with flowers and plants growing out of it
Fresco of papyrus plants from the bronze age excavations of Akrotiri on the Greek island Santorini.
an old metal hook hanging from the side of a white wall in front of a gray sky
Bronze fish hook | Minoan | Early Minoan III-Late Minoan I | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bronze fish hook Period: Early Minoan III-Late Minoan I Date: ca. 2400–1450 B.C. Culture: Minoan Medium: Bronze Found: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
a painting of a boat with people on it in the water
Minoan galley boarding a pirate ship in the Aegean Sea, circa 1450 BCE. Art by Giuseppe Rava
an ancient painting depicting a bull attacking a man
Bull leaping fresco
a drawing of a boat with people on it
Minoan ship reconstruction
two brown vases sitting next to each other on a white counter top in front of a wall
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Clay double jug and handled cups with decoration of crocus flowers and scale pattern." Poros, Herakleion, Crete, Greece. Neopalatial. 15CBC. Now in the collection of the Herakleion Archaeological Museum. Herakleion, Crete, Greece.
a painting of a boat with people on it in the water
Minoan galley boarding a pirate ship in the Aegean Sea, circa 1450 B.C. - art by Giuseppe Rava
an ox skull with a cross on it
Minoan; the bull and the labrys (the double headed ceremonial ax; from which the labyrinth takes its name) are two of the oldest images associated with the Greek civilization
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a close up of a game board made out of clay and stone with three posts sticking out of it
Knossos game is the ancient board game discovered by Evans in the Palace of Knossos and goes back to 1600 BC. It is a "race game", but at the same time something more. It portrays an ancient symbolism about life and the trip to Hades with a return back to life. A gap between the two parts of the board is supposed to represent the River-Ocean that separates the world of the living from the world of the dead.
four different types of gold jewelry on a blue background with an oval object in the middle
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a boat with people on it in the water near a light house
The reconstruction of this Minoan Ship is part of a 4-year integrated research program of Experimental Naval Archaeology http://www.mar-mus-crete.gr/index.php/en/the-minoa-ship/reconstruction
Gold ring from the Aigina treasure | Minoan, about 1850-1550 BC From Aigina, Aegean Sea | Inlaid with Lapis lazuli a rare and precious stone, that came to Crete via a long trade route from Afghanistan. Five Gold Rings, Minoan Art, Ancient Jewels, Ancient Greek Jewelry, Ancient Jewellery, Greek History, Historical Jewellery, Greek Jewelry, Ancient Jewelry
Gold ring from the Aigina treasure | Minoan, about 1850-1550 BC From Aigina, Aegean Sea | Inlaid with Lapis lazuli a rare and precious stone, that came to Crete via a long trade route from Afghanistan.
an ancient painting depicting a man with a fish in his hand and another person holding something
Minoan Queen | Dress Parade
fresco-minoan - Bull jumper
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