kABIHASNANG Minoan

KABIHASNANG MINOANESPINA

KABIHASNANG MINOAN

- Haring Minos ( anak ni Zeus at

Euroipa isang nilalang mula sa

Syria)

- Ang mga ninuno ng mga taga Crete ay

nanggaling sa Anatolia at Syria

Arthur EvansEnglish archaeologist

Reconstruction drawing of the palace complex. Knossos, Crete. c.

1700-1300 BC

Ruins of the palace at Knossos

View of the "throne room," Knossos, with a heavily restored fresco

depicting griffins.

King Minos Palace

Storage jars (Pithos) Knossos. Terracotta.

Mga Nakabasa ng LINEAR B

MICHAEL VENTRIS John

Chadwick

Sistema ng PagsulatLinear A Linear B

Minoan Art ( fresco ) Bull Dancing

Knossos fresco women

Fresco ( Boxing )Fresco

( fisherman )

Fresco from the "Palace of Minos", Knossos, Crete

Minoan Pottery

Minoan Religion ("Snake Goddess" or a priestess performing a ritual)

The Minoans seem to have worshipped primarily goddesses, sometimes being described as a

"matriarchal religion".

Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos, Crete, ca. 1600 B.C.

MinatourThe Bull was a central theme in the Minoan civilization, with bull heads and

bull horns used as symbols in the Knossos palace.

The worship of the Sacred Bull

throughout the ancient world is

most familiar to the Western world

Theseus fighting the Minotaur

Ariadne

LabyrinthSanga-sangang pasilyo ng

silong ngpalasyo

Double axe (Labrys)Nakaukit sa mga banal na haligi sa

Crete at ginagamit sa mga panrelihiyong ritwal

Naging simbolo ni

Zeus

TridentSimbolo

ni Poseidon

Figure -of- eight shield

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