Minoans
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The incipit of a piece from LiveScience … I don’t think this was part of the AIA/APA thing: The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to be a bunch of…
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Tantalizingly brief item from Kathimerini: A Minoan mansion dating to 1600-1400 BC has been discovered during an excavation in the mountainous area of Anatoli, Ierapetra, southeast Crete. According to archaeologists taking part in the excavating process, the discovery is expected to provide answers with regard to Minoan activity in mountainous areas as well as to…
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While looking for something else, I chanced upon this column in the Seismological Society of America newsletter (July/August 2012) … here’s the first paragraph as a bit of a tease: Since its discovery in the beginning of the twentieth century by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, the Bronze Age (Minoan) civilization of Crete (Greece, ca. 3000–1200…
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First Minoan Shipwreck. … from Archaeology Magazine
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