The Minoans: A beginner's guide
Overviews
The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
http://projectsx.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
Through a series of lessons and illustrations, from the chair of the classics
department at Dartmouth College, this site traces cultural evolution in the Aegean,
including the age of the great palatial cultures of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean
Greece. Quite academic but thorough.
Bureaucrats & Barbarians: Minoans, Myceneans and the Greek
Dark Ages
www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/MINOA/MINOANS.HTM
A 'learning module in the form of a research textbook' from Washington State
University, this contains an enormous amount of information on the Minoans
and Mycenaeans.
Minoan Crete
www.fhw.gr/chronos/02/crete/en/index.html
Elegant site owned by the Foundation of the Hellenic World. Covers natural
environment, habitation, society, economy, religion, arts & crafts and
achievements. Includes a glossary, bibliography and chronology.
Minoan Crete
www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/index.htm
Extensive site created by Ian Swindale, a teacher of English on Crete. Covers
palaces, early Minoan settlements and tombs, later Minoan tombs, and other
sites, with dozens of good photographs of what remains.
Minoan Civilization
www.dilos.com/location/13406
Surprisingly good overview (for a travel agency site) of Minoan civilisation
from 2600 to 1000 BC. The Dilos site contains lots of other good information
on and images of Minoan Crete.
History of Minoan Crete
www.ancient-greece.org/history/minoan.html
Good (if a bit dry) historical account, which concludes with 'Some thoughts
on the demise of Minoan civilisation'. The site itself also includes sections
on Minoan archaeology, architecture, art and culture, plus a map and photographs
of some of the treasures at two Cretan museums.
The Minoans: A multimedia exhibit
www.historywiz.com/minoans-mm.htm
An image-based journey through Minoan history and culture. Some of the information
is debatable, but the photographs are well worth investigating.
