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		Atlantis ^Votes:0 Home Welcome Enigma The Bookcase Feedback Atlantis [ Introduction \|\| Contents \|\| Timeline ] Atlantis - Fact, Fiction or Exaggeration? The story of Atlantis begins quite literally with two of Plato 's dialogues, Timaeus and Critias . These accounts are the only known written records which refer specifcally to a lost civilization called Atlantis. Many people believe the tale to be complete fiction, the creation of a philosopher's imagination used to illustrate an argument. Others believe that the story was inspired by catastrophic events which may have destroyed the Minoan civilization on Crete and Thera. Still others maintain that the story is an accurate representation of a long lost and almost completely forgotten land. What do YOU think? Contents Enigma Articles Oldest North American Mum Read More Go to Site


		Les Parisiennes ^Votes:0 A Woman Of The Minoan Civilisation Les Parisiennes Home \| Les Parisiennes \| A role of the woman in Minoan civilisation \| Clothes, Hairdresses \| Jewelry \| Everydays Events, Living At Home \| Guest Book, Links, WebRings One of the first conclusion of excavations of the Knossos and Minoan civilisation, just at the beginning of XX century, was the surpricing high level of the art and decorations. The fact which most impressed the archeologiests, was the beauty of their women, hairdresses, clothes and styling in generaly. After the excavating of one of the first frescoes, one of them exclaimed in exaltation -`But those are Les Parisiennes !` One of the first excavated frescos from ancient Knossos, named - La Parisienne The Minoan civilisation was officialy called Minoan, after the legendary King Read More Go to Site

		Linear B ^Votes:0 "Probably the most intriguing story of the deciphering of an ancient written language was that of Linear B, the earliest Greek writing. Over 3,000 clay tablets of this writing were uncovered beginning in 1900s at Knossos in Crete. These tablets dated from about 1400 B.C. to 1240 B.C.--the time of Agamemnon through the heroic age of Greece and the Trojan War. The story of the fifty-year quest of a translation, ending in the triumph in 1952 of the British architect Michael Ventris and the British classicist John Chadwick, has been recounted many times in print. What is seldom related is the content of this ancient library. Typical samples are as follows: Koldos the shepherd holds a lease from the village: 48 litres of wheat. One pair of wheels bound with bronze, unfit for service. Four slave Read More Go to Site

		Minoan Civilization - The palace of Knossos, guide ^Votes:0 A Pictorial guide Daedalus , in Greek mythology, the Athenian craftsman, architect and inventor who designed for King Minos of Crete the labyrinth in which was imprisoned the Minotaur, a man-eating monster that was half man and half bull. The labyrinth was so skilfully designed that no one could escape from the maze or the Minotaur. Its conception was possibly derived from the elaborate floor plan of the palace at Knossos. Daedalus revealed the secret of the labyrinth only to Ariadne, daughter of Minos, and she aided her lover, the Athenian hero Theseus, to slay the monster and escape. In anger at the escape, Minos imprisoned Daedalus and his son Icarus in the labyrinth. Although the prisoners could not find the exit, Daedalus made wax wings so that they could both fly out of the maze. Ica Read More Go to Site

		Minoans: History ^Votes:0 We know of the Minoans only through their ruins. Splendid as they are, with their remarkable architectural logic, their hypnotic art, and the richness of cultural artifacts, they spoke a language we don't understand and they wrote in a script which we can't read. So the voices of the Minoans, their stories, their history as they understood it, is lost to us. Even if we do by some miracle decipher their writing and penetrate the mists of their language, we may not end up with much of anything. For all of their writing seems to be one thing: accounts and records. The Minoans were, after all, a great mercantile people and they kept profoundly accurate records of their transactions. So much of what we know of Minoan history is nothing more than a good guess, and good guesses are, I should warn Read More Go to Site

		The History of Plumbing (CRETE) ^Votes:0 Please visit: since 1995, famous, recommended plumbing supplier: Famous PlumbingSupply.com to International Toilet History in India and the World The History of Plumbing - CRETE A cross the Mediterranean Sea from Mesopotamia, the ancient people of Crete and their Minoan sea-kings were leaving their mark on the early annals of history. Between 3000-1500 B.C., their early plumbers had laid elaborate systems of sewage disposal and drainage that resemble one of today. In fact, archaeologists have discovered underground channels that remained virtually unchanged for several centuries, except for extensions to include structures built over the original ones. Some vestiges of the pipes still carry off the heavy rains. Unlike hot and dry Mesopotamia, Crete suffered from extremes of variable climat Read More Go to Site

		The Minoans ^Votes:0 The story of European civilization really begins on the island of Crete with a civilization that probably thought of itself as Asian (in fact, Crete is closer to Asia than it is to Europe). Around 1700 BC, a highly sophisticated culture grew up around palace centers on Crete: the Minoans. What they thought, what stories they told, how they narrated their history, are all lost to us. All we have left are their palaces, their incredibly developed visual culture, and their records. Mountains of records. For the Minoans produced a singular civilization in antiquity: one oriented around trade and bureaucracy with little or no evidence of a military state. They built perhaps the single most efficient bureaucracy in antiquity. This unique culture, of course, lasted only a few centuries, and Europ Read More Go to Site

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