ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this article we present a summary of information on one of the most intriguing Archeological finds, the seal stone of Pylos. Continue reading “The seal stone of Pylos: a miracle of technology and art that ‘shouldn’t be there’ (15th century B.C.)”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “A Minoan eclipse calculator“, by M. Tsikritsis, E. Theodossiou, V.N. Manimanis, P. Mantarakis, D. Tsikritsis (Mediterranean Arhaeology and Archaeometry, Vol. 13, No 1, pp.265-275) Continue reading “A second millenium B.C. Minoan Astronomical device identified”
Just how peace loving were the Minoans? Why did they not leave behind images of wars, battles and walls despite their contacts with other eastern peoples who were their contemporaries and who used such representations? Were the inhabitants of Minoan Crete perhaps ‟flower children” living among the lilies and passing their time with bullfights and festivities in meadows and olive groves? Continue reading “Evidence of violence and martial readiness in Minoan Crete”
The development of microtechnology in the Mycenaean period to such an extent that symbols could be depicted on surfaces in the size of a lentil (!), is the direct result of the study of a small figurine, the only one that has been found to date, with engraved symbols of Linear B. Continue reading “Micro-technology in the Mycenean period!”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Iosif Lazaridis, Alissa Mittnik, Nick Patterson, Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland, Saskia Pfrengle, Anja Furtwängler, Alexander Peltzer, Cosimo Posth, Andonis Vasilakis, P. J. P. McGeorge, Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou, George Korres, Holley Martlew, Manolis Michalodimitrakis, Mehmet Özsait, Nesrin Özsait, Anastasia Papathanasiou, Michael Richards, Songül Alpaslan Roodenberg, Yannis Tzedakis, Robert Arnott, Daniel M. Fernandes, Jeffery R. Hughey, Dimitra M. Lotakis, Patrick A. Navas, Yannis Maniatis, John A. Stamatoyannopoulos, Kristin Stewardson, Philipp Stockhammer, Ron Pinhasi, David Reich, Johannes Krause & George Stamatoyannopoulos. Continue reading “Genetic origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans”
Recent fieldwork at the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete finds that during the early Iron Age (1100 to 600 BC), the city was rich in imports and was nearly three times larger than what was believed from earlier excavations. Continue reading “Recent (2016) finds reveal the importance of Knossos”
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