The Mycenaeans and Minoans of Bronze Age Greece adopted a variety of beauty practices to enhance their appearances.

Linear A, the Cretan writing system, is inscribed on this tablet from circa 1500 B.C. DAGLI ORTI/ART ARCHIVE Perhaps the clearest sign of Minoan influence was the appearance of its writing system ...

TO-DAY even the most old-fashioned admirer of Hellenism has to admit that classical Greek civilisation was not only preceded by but also actually rooted in the Minoan culture of Crete and its ...

Watrous also presents and interprets Minoan art works in a range of media, including fresco paintings, pottery, and seals, and explains how Minoan Crete affected the culture of classical Greece. Aimed ...