KABIHASNANG MINOAN Haring Minos ( anak ni Zeus at Euroipa isang nilalang mula sa Syria) Ang mga ninuno ng mga taga Crete ay nanggaling sa Anatolia at Syria
Arthur Evans English archaeologist
Reconstruction drawing of the palace complex. Knossos, Crete. c. 1700-1300 BC
Ruins of the palace at Knossos View of the "throne room," Knossos, with a heavily restored fresco depicting griffins.
King Minos Palace Storage jars (Pithos) Knossos. Terracotta.
Mga Nakabasa ng LINEAR B MICHAEL VENTRIS John Chadwick
Sistema ng Pagsulat Linear A Linear B
Minoan Art ( fresco ) Bull Dancing
Knossos fresco women
Fresco ( Boxing ) Fresco ( fisherman )
Fresco from the "Palace of Minos", Knossos, Crete
Minoan Pottery
Minoan Religion ("Snake Goddess" or a priestess performing a ritual) The Minoans seem to have worshipped primarily goddesses, sometimes being described as a "matriarchal religion". Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1600 B.C.
Minatour The Bull was a central theme in the Minoan civilization, with bull heads and bull horns used as symbols in the Knossos palace. The worship of the Sacred Bull throughout the ancient world is most familiar to the Western world
Theseus fighting the Minotaur Ariadne
Labyrinth Sanga- sangang pasilyo ng silong ng palasyo
Double axe ( Labrys ) Nakaukit sa mga banal na haligi sa Crete at ginagamit sa mga panrelihiyong ritwal Naging simbolo ni Zeus Trident Simbolo ni Poseidon