#minoans — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/937490/ First Portable Eclipse Calculator Invented by Minoans Nearly 4,000 Years Ago #AntikytheraMechanism #BronzeAgeCity #FirstPortableEclipseCalculator #History #MinoanMouldsOfPalaikastro #Minoans #MinoansCulture #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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First Portable Eclipse Calculator Invented by Minoans Nearly 4,000 Years Ago
The Minoan moulds of Palaikastro may have been used to create the First Portable Eclipse Calculator. Credit: Olaf…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #AntikytheraMechanism #bronzeagecity #Firstportableeclipsecalculator #GB #History #MinoanMouldsofPalaikastro #Minoans #MinoansCulture #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/467086/ First Portable Eclipse Calculator Invented by Minoans Nearly 4,000 Years Ago #AntikytheraMechanism #BronzeAgeCity #Éire #FirstPortableEclipseCalculator #history #IE #Ireland #MinoanMouldsOfPalaikastro #Minoans #MinoansCulture #Science
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So, in addition to demonizing #Matriarchal societies, #Homer took a stab at the survivors of the #BronzeAgeCollapse on #Crete by turning them into the #Cyclops! Not a surprise! I noticed that #Odysseus eyed the "Cyclops Island" as prime #RealEstate (like a typical #Colonist!). Of course the so-called "civilized" #AncientGreeks had to demonize peoples who had lived under female rulers or NO RULERS!
Were the Odyssey’s #Cyclopes Actually #Minoans?
By Caleb Howells, January 6, 2026
Excerpt: "Drawing on his experience sailing a replica of an Ancient Greek galley, Severin estimated that Odysseus would have reached the coast of Libya, specifically near the site that later became the Greek colony of Cyrene. This was the Land of the Lotus Eaters. From there, Odysseus resumed his journey back to Ithaca, logically sailing north toward Southern Greece. Along this route, he would likely have arrived at the southwestern corner of #Crete, where the peninsula of #Paleochora was once separated from the main island, forming a small offshore island.
"This scenario closely matches the Odyssey’s description of Odysseus arriving at a small island situated just beside the island where the Cyclopes lived.
How the Cyclopes match the Minoans of Crete
"Severin’s argument that Crete was the island of the Cyclopes is highly compelling. But how do the Minoans fit into this theory? Regarding the Minoan city of Kommos in southern Crete, Severin noted its abandonment in the Late Bronze Age and asked:
" 'What had happened to the survivors of Kommos and the other Minoan settlements along this coast? Could they have fallen back to the barest subsistence level, living in caves and practicing the sort of simple pastoral farming that Ulysses found among the Cyclopes?'
"In essence, Severin suggested that the Cyclopes of the Odyssey may have been Minoans who, after the collapse of their magnificent #BronzeAge civilization, returned to a #simpler, more primitive way of life. While Severin did not explore this idea in depth, a closer examination reveals there is substantial evidence for this."
Read more:
https://greekreporter.com/2026/01/06/odyssey-cyclopes-minoans/#AncientHistory #Crete #Histodon #BronzeAgeCollapse #Colonialism
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The Latesr blog post about Minoan life. Minoan weaving. The equipment, the preparation, the power of colours: https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2026/02/minoan-weaving-when-loom-never-stopped.html
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My latest article: The Minoan Metalworking, the art of the ancient people of Crete, on copper, bronze, gold, and in rare cases iron.
https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2026/01/minoan-metalworking.html
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New Article about the fashion in ancient Crete: https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-minoan-woman-fashion-in-ancient.html
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My latest article in my Block, ! about the fashion in Minoan era and the image of a man of that period: https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-minoan-man-fashion-in-ancient-crete.html
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History and the Famous Theories of Physics in this Block post: https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-theory-of-block-universe-and-minoan.html
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The Theory of the Block universe and the Skeleton in the Meseum: https://syrinxandspear.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-theory-of-block-universe-and-minoan.html
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Want to understand the history of European culture? Start with the Minoans, not the Ancient Greeks.
From art to architecture, this pioneering bronze age civilisation had a huge influence on other western cultures.
#Europe #Minoans #Culture #BronzeAge #Civilisation #Minoan #History #Greece #Crete #Archaeology #Art #Architecture #WesternCulture
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@swart @hendric Apparently that volcano wiped the Minoans off the face of the earth so completely, the Greeks had no idea they existed.
"The destruction and disappearance of the Minoans was so complete that by the time of the blossoming of Greek civilization, no memory or record existed that anyone had lived in Greece before. The Egyptians told Solon, the first great Greek leader, on his historic visit to Egypt that he was an ignorant bumpkin who did not know his people occupied a land that had held prior inhabitants. "
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Angry_Earth/6L-yJh6_r2MC?hl=en&gbpv=1 #minoans #volcanoes #civilization
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Minoan eruption history on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption
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The Minoan Civilization: A Surprisingly Modern Society
The Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete, is renowned for its advanced and, for its time, unusually liberal society. A culture that, from around 2700 to 1450 BC, exhibited remarkable openness, equality, and joie de vivre.
#Minoans #Archaeology #HistoricalSociety #LiberalCivilizations #ArtHistory #AncientEconomics #culturaldevelopment #gayart #queer #manlovesman #LGBT #gaylove
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The Minoan Civilization: A Surprisingly Modern Society
The Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete, is renowned for its advanced and, for its time, unusually liberal society. A culture that, from around 2700 to 1450 BC, exhibited remarkable openness, equality, and joie de vivre.
#Minoans #Archaeology #HistoricalSociety #LiberalCivilizations #ArtHistory #AncientEconomics #culturaldevelopment #gayart #queer #manlovesman #LGBT #gaylove
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The Minoan Civilization: A Surprisingly Modern Society
The Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete, is renowned for its advanced and, for its time, unusually liberal society. A culture that, from around 2700 to 1450 BC, exhibited remarkable openness, equality, and joie de vivre.
#Minoans #Archaeology #HistoricalSociety #LiberalCivilizations #ArtHistory #AncientEconomics #culturaldevelopment #gayart #queer #manlovesman #LGBT #gaylove
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The Minoan Civilization: A Surprisingly Modern Society
The Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete, is renowned for its advanced and, for its time, unusually liberal society. A culture that, from around 2700 to 1450 BC, exhibited remarkable openness, equality, and joie de vivre.
#Minoans #Archaeology #HistoricalSociety #LiberalCivilizations #ArtHistory #AncientEconomics #culturaldevelopment #gayart #queer #manlovesman #LGBT #gaylove
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The Minoan Civilization: A Surprisingly Modern Society
The Minoan civilization, which flourished on the island of Crete, is renowned for its advanced and, for its time, unusually liberal society. A culture that, from around 2700 to 1450 BC, exhibited remarkable openness, equality, and joie de vivre.
#Minoans #Archaeology #HistoricalSociety #LiberalCivilizations #ArtHistory #AncientEconomics #culturaldevelopment #gayart #queer #manlovesman #LGBT #gaylove
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Today's photo with the most hits: the Knossos procession fresco.
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Liritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
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Liritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
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Liritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
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Liritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
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Liritzis, I. (2022). The ancient DNA of the N.E. Mediterranean/Euro-Asian Cultures and the Position of the Mycenaean Greeks among the first Cultures. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7031095 #OpenAccess #OA #Archaeology #Ancient #DNA #aDNA #Science #Archaeogenetics #Humans #Yamnaya #Minoans #Greeks #Anatolians #IndoEuropeans #Academia #Academic #Academics @archaeodons @science
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Few facts are known about the first European high culture created by the #Minoans. One thing is for sure though, they appreciated their #CatContent.
Here is a ceremonial bronze shield with a hissing cat head and a small clay figurine depicting a cat, presumably begging for food. #kphoto #khistory -
Last thing on the #minoans today: There is this amazing looking website that collects *every single piece* of Linear A writing we have found, alongside with A TON of info on it: approximate transliteration with Linear B equivalent, probable category of meaning, exact location of where within a site it was found, how many times that word has been used... This page is amazing, I love it so much and I keep returning to it very often.
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On the topic of the #minoans, I wonder if the recent developments in AI tech could be used for something good & ethical for once and help decipher the Minoan language/Linear A script. I've been looking into all the numerous attempts into decryption of it, and while there has been some VERY impressive work done (I highly recommend checking out J. Younger's page linked below), and while I'm not an expert, I feel like we are still quite far away from any major breakthrough.
http://people.ku.edu/~jyounger/LinearA/
update: seems its in the works 😳 https://tech.lgbt/@endali/111999878397673060
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Turns out the ancient #Minoans married their first cousins a lot. I love that #DNA can tell us these things about the past!
Read the full article here: https://phys.org/news/2023-01-marriage-minoan-crete-revealed-ancient.amp
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First victim of the tsunami that trashed the Eastern Mediterranean found - Enlarge (credit: Sahoglu et al. 2021)
Archaeologists working i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1823792 #volcaniceruptions #ancienteurope #ancientgreece #archaeology #bronzeage #akrotiri #tsunamis #science #minoans #thera
