Minoans may have invented the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.

Minoans may have created the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.

Archaeologists have long debated the influence of Minoan civilization ... Linear B tablets, bull horn symbols, and goddess figurines found at Mycenaean sites like Pylos attest to the impact ...

Near the town of Palaikastro, located at the eastern end of the island of Crete, lies the archaeological site of a city from ...

One of the world's earliest city cultures, it thrived circa 2500 BCE in cities such as Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Its sophisticated drainage, uniform weights, and as-yet-unreadable script suggest ...

The mural is a copy of the former restoration by British archaeologist Arthur Evans, which for decades has been considered an integral element of the monument and a symbol of the ... the precious ...

Visitors are shown signature painted pottery vessels from the Minoan civilization in the Shenwumen ... and 1450 BC is a hymn to the ocean, and a symbol of the peak of Minoan pottery art.

It is the first thematic exhibition focusing on this civilization ... 1500 and 1450 BC is a hymn to the ocean, and a symbol of the peak of Minoan pottery art. A clay boat model from 2600 to ...

Greek ambassador to China, Evgenios Kalpyris, explained at the opening ceremony of the exhibition on Monday that Daedalus is a universal symbol ... of the Minoan civilization to a broader ...

The inscription is divided into metopes or separate sections, within which logographic symbols representing animals ... This reinforces the hypothesis that Minoan writing was not limited to accounting ...

The symbols themselves are a parade of miniature ... Others point to the Minoan civilization itself, arguing that the disk represents a unique moment of innovation in Cretan history.

While such creatures would not be likely to create a civilization ... example is a Bronze Age Minoan vase with a large illustration of an octopus dating to 1500 B.C.E. Across many cultures and eras, ...