In Plato’s famous account of Atlantis, he describes various aspects of the island's culture. One notable aspect was that the people of Atlantis engaged in bull fighting.
Since many scholars believe Plato’s account was inspired by one or more actual...
There is a lot of controversy regarding the true locations of the places in the Odyssey. One of the most notable places is the island where Odysseus meets Polyphemus the Cyclops. Where did this incident supposedly take place? Is it...
The fall of the Minoans occurred around 1450 BC when the Mycenaean Greeks conquered Crete. This brought about a major change in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean, where the Minoans had long been the dominant trading force.
With such a...
There are lots of things about the ancient Minoan civilization that scholars continue to debate. One of the mysteries surrounding this civilization is the script that they used, Linear A. While many things about this script are already well...
In the seventh century BCE, the Greek poet Homer wrote the Odyssey. This fascinating tale of adventure and loss would captivate readers for centuries, even millennia. It tells the story of Odysseus attempting to travel home after the Trojan War.
One...
The Trojan War was the legendary conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans. However, it did not just involve Greeks from the mainland. A large part of the Grecian army came from some Greek islands in the Aegean, such...
Greek mythology features many strange and fantastical locations. One such location was a group of islands known as the Isles of the Blessed. They feature in many ancient Greek records. What do these records tell us? And were the...
AI engineer Tom di Mino says his new study of Linear A shows that the ancient Minoan language was Semitic, expanding his earlier decipherment claim into a wider theory about the language spoken on Bronze Age Crete.
His research offers...
Plato's account of the lost civilization of Atlantis includes a description of a marvelous temple of god Poseidon. It was said to have been in the center of Atlantis, so it was a very prominent part. However, in most...
One of the most famous groups of monsters in Homer's Odyssey is the Cyclopes. While often dismissed as purely mythological creations, some evidence suggests the Cyclopes may have been exaggerated representations of a real people—the Minoans.
Where did the Cyclopes...
