Did the Ancient Egyptians of the Old, Middle and New Kingdom ever reach Malta and the Central Mediterranean?
A number of ancient Egyptian artefacts have reached the Maltese islands over the centuries. The Phoenicians seem to have been the main importers of these artefacts in antiquity, and yet some archaeological specimens reached the islands before their time.
Martial Minoans? War as social process, practice and event in Bronze Age Crete
The archaeology of Minoan Crete is unique in Europe. Beyond palaces, priestesses and power, it is unique because it only emerged in the twentieth century; that was many decades after archaeological research began in most other areas of Europe.
Minoan Art: A Celebration of Movement
The Minoan delight in capturing movement within pictures was central to the development of this naturalism, and Minoan artists were obsessed with physical dynamics.
Bulls and Bull-leaping in the Minoan World
A religious function is also suggested by the portrait-like quality of some rhyta. In contrast to the stylized depictions of priestesses, princes, and even deities, the Bull
Minoan Aqueducts: A Pioneering Technology
During the Middle Bronze Age a ‘cultural explosion’, unparalleled in the history of other ancient civilizations, occurred on the island of Crete.
Clues to the Location of Minoan Bull-Jumping from the Palace at Knossos
The opponents of the central court theory believed that it was not realistic to direct a bull through the interior of a palace without causing damage en route to the central court.
Painting the wine-dark sea: traveling Aegean fresco artists in the Middle and late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
By examining the fresco fragments themselves I establish that the motifs represented and the style of manufacture are in fact Aegean. Textual evidence from the Near East and Egyptian tomb paintings suggest that the Aegean was well-known for its artistic accomplishments and that Aegean goods and the artisans that produced them were treated as elite commodities.
The maritime city in the Graeco-Roman perception. Carthage and Alexandria: two emblematic examples
In Ancient History, from the Bronze Age to the beginning of the Middle Ages, the sea, especially the Mediterranean, was the main instrument of communication between civilizations. But it was also the place of their conflicting interactions.