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. ...

Search:The WebTripod Planet Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site Browse Sites « Previous | Top 100 | Next » 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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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. Moun ...

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