Minoan Archive

Script On Gradeshnitsa Tablets May Pre-Date Egyptian Hieroglyphs

AncientPages.com | March 9, 2023

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Can the nearly 7,000-year-old Gradeshnitsa Tablets offer evidence of one of the world's oldest human writing? Are the carved signs and symbols on

Archaeology

Ancient DNA Reveals “Completely Unexpected” Marriage Rules In Minoan Crete

AncientPages.com | January 16, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With the help of new archaeogenetic data, scientists have obtained exciting insights into the social order of the Aegean Bronze Age. Life picture:

Analysis Of Ancient Tools Challengea Long-Held Ideas About What Drove Major Changes In Ancient Greek Society

Archaeology

Analysis Of Ancient Tools Challenges Long-Held Ideas About What Drove Major Changes In Ancient Greek Society

AncientPages.com | August 23, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A modern scientific analysis of ancient stone tools is challenging long-held beliefs about what caused radical change on the island of Crete, where

Mystery Of The Minoan Blue Monkeys Depicted On Frescoes

Archaeology

Mystery Of The Minoan Blue Monkeys Depicted In Frescoes

AncientPages.com | April 16, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Monkeys appear in Grecian frescoes dating back to the Bronze Age 3,600 years ago, but monkeys are not native to Greece or the

Ancient History Facts

Ancient Children Played Marbles Thousands Of Years Ago

AncientPages.com | May 22, 2019

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Kids will be kids, no matter what country, place or time. Some things are ageless and never go out of fashion. Many modern

Artifacts

Giant Ancient Minoan Axes Used For Unknown Purposes

AncientPages.com | November 27, 2017

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some ancient artifacts are truly puzzling. They are so large in size and heavy that it’s impossible even to consider that they could

An enlarged drawing of the stunningly detailed combat scene captured on an agate sealstone discovered by the University of Cincinnati's Sharon Stocker and Jack Davis. Tina Ross/Courtesy Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. Color illustration/Ben Gardner, UC Creative Services

Archaeology

Rare Minoan Sealstone Is A Miniature Masterpiece Unearthed In 3,500-Year-Old Tomb Of Powerful Mycenaean Warrior

AncientPages.com | November 8, 2017

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A rare Minoan sealstone in the treasure-laden tomb of a Bronze Age Greek warrior has been discovered by University of Cincinnati archaeologists. The

The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian archaeologist excavating ruins of the ancient Minoan Palace of Phaistos, on Crete in 1908. It's important to add that the enigmatic artifact was spotted in a stratum belonging to the sixteenth century BC, but it may be of much earlier.

Archaeology

Is The Mystery Of Controversial Phaistos Disk Solved?

AncientPages.com | December 17, 2015

AncientPages.com - Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet - Phaistos Disk. The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian