The surrounding cypress forests provided timber for shipbuilding for the important Minoan fleet. The Aegina Treasure is a trove of gold artifacts, like this two-headed pendant, featuring strong ...

The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete, located at a height of 1,200 meters, shows that Minoans were highlanders too ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ago ... carved stone seals, ivory, gold and bronze, and colourful frescoes, often depicting bulls. Evans was eager to reconstruct the role that ...