Minoans
Title | Minoans PDF eBook |
Author | J. Lesley Fitton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
This book assesses what we really know about the Minoans' life and times, defining the essential characteristics of a distinctive Cretan culture and setting this within its contemporary historical context which included not only Greece but the Eastern Mediterranean and Egypt. The author discusses the major themes of daily life such as social and economic organization, agriculture, architecture and religion, drawing upon the latest archaeological research including examples of Linear B and the evidence of recent excavations to paint a broad chronological picture of a fascinating and important culture. J. Lesley Fitton is an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Greek Roman Antiquities in the British Museum.
Who Were the Minoans?
Title | Who Were the Minoans? PDF eBook |
Author | Graham Campbell - Dunn |
Publisher | |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781425920074 |
Lakota Winds narrates the battle of the Little Big Horn as seen through the eyes of the Sioux. It is a fast-paced story bringing to life that fateful encounter between Custer's 7th Cavalry and the Sioux and Cheyenne. Never again would Native Americans assemble in such numbers as they did on that day in 1876, and never again would they inflict such a punishing defeat upon the United States military. Lakota Winds recaptures these precious hours of Sioux heritage. Matowla, Tankala Pay-ta, Unci, Osota, and Ishna were all witnesses to this final episode of the era of the Plains Indian. These characters represent the thousands of Lakota and Cheyenne who were camped along the Greasy Grass (Little Big Horn River) that summer morning when Custer's troops attacked. Matowla, Pay-ta, Unci, and Ishna have been entrusted to act as vocal embassies for their historical counterparts. It will be their obligation to speak for a people whose voices have all but been stilled by the passage of time.
Minoan Crete
Title | Minoan Crete PDF eBook |
Author | L. Vance Watrous |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2021-03-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1108424503 |
A new look at the Cult of the Saints in late antiquity: Did it really dominate Christianity in late antique Rome?
The Minoans
Title | The Minoans PDF eBook |
Author | George Glasgow |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1923 |
Genre | Art, Minoan |
ISBN |
The Destruction of Knossos
Title | The Destruction of Knossos PDF eBook |
Author | H. E. L. Mellersh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Civilization, Mycenaean |
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The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and Its Survival in Greek Religion
Title | The Minoan-Mycenaean Religion and Its Survival in Greek Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Persson Nilsson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 636 |
Release | 1927 |
Genre | Civilization, Mycenaean |
ISBN |
Minoan and Mycenaean Art
Title | Minoan and Mycenaean Art PDF eBook |
Author | Reynold Alleyne Higgins |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780500203033 |
The magnificent works of ancient Crete, Mycenae, and the Cycladic Islands are awe-inspiring in their richness and variety. Frescoes, jewelry, sculpture, gold funeral masks, ivories, and countless other beautiful artifacts--all the significant works of art and architecture that are our legacy from those great civilizations in the third and second millennia BC are described and illustrated in Dr. Higgins's distinguished survey. This fully revised and updated edition includes greater coverage of the breathtaking frescoes from Akrotiri on the island of Thera. Other recent findings are also illustrated and described in detail, such as the unique ivory figure from Palaikastro, objects from the palace of Mallia, and the intriguing discovery of Minoan frescoes in Egypt.