BRITISH MUSEUM/SCALA, FLORENCE As the Minoan upper classes grew increasing wealthy, they imported luxuries—jewelry and precious stones—which provided extra incentive to develop new trading ...
It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...
It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...
The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a must-see in Crete — and all of Greece, even — for its extensive collection of Minoan art. Highlights include a mini-statue of a Snake Goddess and the ...
Along with Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Levant, Minoan Crete was one of the primary cultures of the prehistoric Mediterranean world. In this book, L. Vance Watrous offers an up-to-date overview of this ...