Minoan Crete Artifacts

Fresco from the site of Hagia Triada on Crete

Fresco of Minoan town on the Island of Thera

Terms #3: Minoan/Mycenaean

• King Minos and Queen Pasishae
• Androgeus, Ariadne, Asterion
• the Black Ships
• Daedelus
• The Labyrinth
• King Aegus and Prince Theseus
• Knossos, Phaistos
• Mycenae, Pylos, Tiryns
• Arthur Evans (c.1900)
• Heinrich Schliemann (c.1870)
• Michael Ventris (c.1950); Linear A, Linear B
• Labyr, bull-jumping
• Eruption of Thera (c.1625 BCE)
• Mycenae: Lion Gate, Tholoi (tombs), megaron, wanax (war lord), Mask of Agamemnon, The Dendra Armor,

Special Terms From your Wiki reading (those likely to appear on a note quiz too):

• Heinrich Schliemann, tholos tomb, Pylos, textile manufacture, Cyclopean Walls, Dendra Panoply, Treasury of Atreus, Mask of Agamemnon, acropolis