The unique Minoan monument, which is estimated to be ... terracotta figurines of animals and humans, and in some cases detached body parts – referred to as "votive limbs" – that were offered ...

Being able to vault the animals would have taken months of training ... "The small bronze statuette from Minoan Crete, unique as it is, is also a very good indicator of this key commodity ...

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ... Evans was eager to reconstruct the role that the animals might have played in the island's economic and ceremonial life, so he was particularly ...