Article: THE MANY LIVES OF AMAZING KNOSSOS.(Crete)(Brief Article)

Housed now in the Herakleion Museum, this necklace is composed of beads worked in gold, rock crystal, amethyst, and sard. Can you find the bead shaped like a bull's head?

Knossos must have seemed eternal to the people of ancient Crete. Its beautiful palace was occupied for almost a millennium, and the community of Knossos dates back even further. It was the Stone Age's earliest permanent settlement in the Aegean Sea region.

Life at Knossos (and ancient Crete in general) has been divided into three main time periods: Early, Middle, and Late Minoan. These were named after the legendary King Minos.

The dating of the Minoan periods is tricky, and ...

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