The thunder god had turned himself into a gentle, white bull. Charmed by the creature, Europa climbed on its back, and the bull bore her away to Crete where she would later bear their children.

It is no accident, then, that bulls came to take a prominent place in the art of Bronze Age (Minoan) Crete. The Bronze Age began in about 3200 BC on Crete, marked by the arrival of bronze tools ...

Resurrecting a lost Minoan god ... It was named for the legendary King Minos, who kept a half-man, half-bull monster, the Minotaur, ...

It is no accident, then, that bulls came to take a prominent place in the art of Bronze Age (Minoan) Crete. The Bronze Age began in about 3200 BC on Crete, marked by the arrival of bronze tools ...

The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to ...

The bull-headed man in Minos’s maze embodies several traits found in the culture of Crete and ancient Minoan civilization. Bulls and maze motifs are found throughout Minoan culture, which ...

The Minoans are perhaps most famous for the myth of the Minotaur, a half-man, half-bull that lived in the center of a labyrinth on the island.10 Beasts & Dragons: How Reality Made Myth ...

But the Minoans had built their prosperous city on one of the most dangerous islands on earth, next to the volcano Thera. Around 1600, B.C., Akrotiri was shaken by a violent earthquake. Some time ...

We clamber up the narrow Minoan street stepping over fallen blocks of perfectly cut stone. I pick up a piece of pottery expecting it be dismissed but, “Yes,” says our guide, “that’s Minoan”.

The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to ...

The Minoans were proficient sailors and traded with Egypt, Greece and the Middle East. Trade also spread Minoan ideas and art around the Eastern Mediterranean. Bull leaping still takes place today ...