Monday, February 28, 2022

Minoans and Phoenicians

 MINOANS OF CRETE

Palace of Knossos. Ancient Greece, http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/ancient-        sites/knossos/, 13 February 2014.
Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco.  Boundless,
This fresco, part of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece, was painted about 1400 BCE. It offers one of many depictions of the ancient practice of bull-leaping.

Phoenicians - "Carriers of Civilization" 





The First Great Navigators
Creators of our alphabet

Phoenician Alphabet
Phoenician, http://www.phoenician.org/alphabet.htm, 14 February 2014.


   
Phoenician Ship Coin. Wild Winds, http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/phoenicia/tyre/t.html, 14 February 2014.