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"Ex oriente nigri: "Captain of the Blacks" and the Fabrication of the Minoan Culture The fabrication of the Minoan culture is the specifically modern phenomenon, closely linked to the imperial and colonial conquest and appropriation of... more
Wino jest najstarszym znanym alkoholem. Prawdopodobnie było również pierwszą dostępną człowiekowi używką. Na terenie Egei już od wczesnej epoki brązu wino osiągnęło ważna pozycje jako składnik diety, ofiara, czy półprodukt w... more
This research discusses Bronze-Age Minoan religion and how this religion influenced later Greek and Roman polytheism, primarily the gender roles and goddess worship.
Lin. A (Norway) we-tu-na-ma-ti : εὐθυνάματι ‘(an offering) to the direct current’
In London Medicine Papyrus, in incantation against samuna ubuqi illness there are two names of Minoan deities. One of them is determined as Maja that evidently is correlated with Maia of ancient Greek mythology. Maia of ancient Greek... more
The first part of the book presents archaeological evidence from the Prehistoric Aegean and onward, which demonstrates the existence of an enduring, highly valued and advanced prehistoric Aegean apiculture. Some well known ceramic vessels... more
This paper examines the iconography and find context of the so-called swing model from Ayia Triada and tries to ascertain whether it could have been part of a group comprising other figurines that were used in the context of an epiphany... more
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This paper explores the mutually enforcing dynamic between religion, myth, and the realities of material existence. I discuss the symbols of double axe, double horns, and bucranium as decorative motifs and marks on pre- and protopalatial... more
Mortuary practices of the Pre- and Proto-palatial period in the broader Siteia area show a remarkable degree of diversity, even between sites that are only a few kilometers apart. Within this context, the emergence of Petras as an... more
Ανάλυση του αστικού περιβάλλοντος του ανακτορικού οικισμού της Κάτω Ζάκρου στη βάση των αρχιτεκτονικών κυρίως καταλοίπων, κατά τη Νεοανακτορική περίοδο. Παρουσίαση των δεδομένων από τη θέση και ανάλυση της ενδοκοινοτικής οργάνωσης του... more
This paper examines the representations of the objects brought by the Aegean emissaries depicted in the foreigners’ procession scene in the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71). Through comparison of the depicted objects with the ones found in the... more
‘Minoans’ have been recognised as pre-Hellenic race or closed ethnic group in Egyptian representations of Aegean figures from Eighteenth Dynasty Theban tombs. Modern construct of ‘Minoans’ thus merged with an ancient Egyptian construct of... more
Η Προανακτορική περίοδος (περ. 3η χιλιετία π.Χ.) συχνά αντιμετωπίζεται ως προβαθμίδα της ίδρυσης των ανακτόρων στην αρχή της, αντίστοιχα αποκαλούμενης, Παλαιοανακτορικής περιόδου (αρχές 2ης χιλιετίας π.Χ.). Ωστόσο, είναι λίγες οι... more
Despite the inevitable realization that all men, beyond any discrimination, are equal before death, there is a social persistence in demonstrating social and economic inequality in mortuary contexts as a reflection of the past social... more
Hitit dini inancına göre Boğa, Fırtına Tanrısı Tešup’un simgesi olmuştur. Hititler, dini ritüellerinde Boğa sembolüne sunu yapmışlardır. Boğa motifli rhytonları dini ritüellerinde kullanmışlardır. Özellikle Fırtına Tanrısı ile ilgili... more
The aim of this paper is to rethink the Minoan peak sanctuaries of East Crete from a walking perspective. Walking will be used as a mean of understanding and embodying the landscape of East Cretan peak sanctuaries, as the only way that... more
Wachsmann, S., 2007. Minoan Seafaring. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Maritime History. Vol. II. J. B. Hattendorf, ed. New York, Oxford University Press: 575-577.
A new approach to decipher the Minoan Linear scripts.
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest of Aegean archaeologists in methods of quantifying the subsistence economy in order to obtain a better idea of which parts of society were either economically dependent or in charge... more
“Minoans” have been recognised from the very discovery of the palaces on Crete as an enclosed ethnic group in the material assemblage known as the “Minoan” culture. They were defined as a race or an ethnic group and continued to be... more
An interdisciplinary model of the Indo-European homeland and the roots of Greek civilization
Wachsmann, S., 1980. The Thera Waterborne Procession Reconsidered. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 9: 287-295.
This paper offers new insights into the socialchanges that took place in the Mirabello Gulf in eastern Crete dur-ing the Middle Minoan (MM) period (ca. 1900-1700 BC). The most significant change appears to have been the transformation of... more
Libation is depicted on Sumerian votive plaques, and mentioned in the Pyramid Texts, and thus is one of the oldest ritual practices attested in the eastern Mediterranean. The practice was ubiquitous throughout the region from at least the... more
Valiéndome de un viaje de estudios arqueológicos como pretexto, volví a Creta en busca de un héroe. John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury fue uno de los personajes más interesantes de toda la Historia del siglo XX...
Current archaeology prevails largely within the standard view of the perceived material world formulated during centuries of observation and set into physical laws early in the Enlightenment. For example, in 1687 Sir Isaac Newton in his... more
"The relevance of survey data as evidence for settlement structure in Prepalatial Crete,” in M. Relaki and Y. Papadatos, eds., From the Foundations to the Legacy of Minoan Archaeology. Studies in Honour of Professor Keith Branigan,... more
This article examines the syntax (word order) of the so-called 'Libation Formula', a sequence of Linear A 'words' found on many Minoan ritual stone vessels, in an effort to uncover some of the characteristics of the language behind the... more