BRITISH MUSEUM/SCALA, FLORENCE As the Minoan upper classes grew increasing wealthy, they imported luxuries—jewelry and precious stones—which provided extra incentive to develop new trading ...

It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...

It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...

The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a must-see in Crete — and all of Greece, even — for its extensive collection of Minoan art. Highlights include a mini-statue of a Snake Goddess and the ...

"Out in the middle of the wine-dark sea, there is a land called Crete, a rich and lovely land washed by the sea on every side; and in it are many peoples and 90 cities. There, one language mingles ...