Minoan
Ancient Crete's civilization
Minoan refers to the Bronze Age civilization that flourished on Crete from roughly 3000 to 1100 BCE, or to its people, language, and culture.
The name comes from the legendary King Minos.
Minoan art is known for its vibrant frescoes, elaborate palaces like Knossos, and distinctive pottery.
Minoan civilization predated classical Greece by over a thousand years.
Act of unearthing
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
- Phaistos DiscAncient stamped clay tablet
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- potteryFired clay objects
seals · tablets · reconstruction · restoration · ruins · artifacts · chronology · dating
Largest Greek island
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
fresco · Aegean · maritime · trade · copper · tin · Malia · Cyclades
Bull-man of Greek myth
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
- TheseusAthenian hero, beast-slayer
- AriadneMythical thread-giver
- DaedalusLegendary craftsman and inventor
Icarus · Europa · Zeus · bull · Crete · maze · thread · tribute
Wet plaster painting technique
- dolphinEcholocating marine mammal
- octopusEight-limbed sea mollusk
- snake goddessFemale deity associated with serpents
- griffinsLegendary eagle-lion hybrids
lilies · double axe · polychrome · naturalism · ceramic · gold jewelry · ivory · faience
Female deity associated with serpents
- double axeTwo-bladed cutting implement
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- priestessFemale religious officiant
fertility · sacred grove · ritual · offering · shrine · votive · Ariadne · tree worship
excavation
Act of unearthing
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
- Phaistos DiscAncient stamped clay tablet
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
pottery · seals · tablets · reconstruction · restoration · ruins · artifacts · chronology · dating · sherds
Crete
Largest Greek island
- Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
- KnossosAncient Cretan city
- palaceMonarch's official residence
labyrinth · fresco · Aegean · maritime · trade · copper · tin · Malia · Cyclades · Mediterranean
Minotaur
Bull-man of Greek myth
Daedalus · Icarus · Europa · Zeus · bull · Crete · maze · thread · tribute · Athens
fresco
Wet plaster painting technique
- dolphinEcholocating marine mammal
- octopusEight-limbed sea mollusk
- snake goddessFemale deity associated with serpents
griffins · lilies · double axe · polychrome · naturalism · ceramic · gold jewelry · ivory · faience · procession
snake goddess
Female deity associated with serpents
- double axeTwo-bladed cutting implement
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
priestess · fertility · sacred grove · ritual · offering · shrine · votive · Ariadne · tree worship · epiphany
- ancient civilizationsAncient Egypt, Sumer, Ancient Greece, Aztecs, Egypt
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
- Lost CivilizationsAtlantis, Pompeii, Troy, Babylon, Mycenae
- columnspillar, column, pillars, shaft, shafts
- archaeologyexcavation, dig site, archaeologist, dig, archaeological digs
MinoanMycenaean
Ancient Greek Bronze Age culture
Classical Greek · Trojan · Egyptian · Hittite · Phoenician
- King MinosLegendary Cretan monarch