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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