I. Minoan Civilization - Palace

        Starting from today, I will write blogs about the Minoan Civilization.From the indices and traces that the Ancient Minoans have left us, it seems that both societies are prosperous because they have marvellous palaces, splendid art pieces and jewelleries made with precious materials. The societies are peaceful and the people are living in harmony with the Nature. The artists have made remarkable achievements in art. And finally, the status of the women in the Minoan society is very high and sexual equality seems to exist among the group.

        
              Signs of prosperity can be found in the Minoan architecture, seals and jewellery.  In fact, the Minoans had opulent palaces where archaeologists have found beautiful frescoes and fragments of exquisite jewels.

Fall of the Minoans

         
   


       Adding to the splendour of the buildings, the palaces are marked by their functions and the excellent adaptation to nature. 

Knossos Palace

The effective communication between rooms was approved as well as the distribution of light and the advance draining system (Glotz, Aegean Civilization, 119).      

       

Minoan Jewellery

Minoan Board

          Furthermore, the Minoans had precious jewelleries to decorate themselves. From Mesara, historians had found fragments of very “small golden disks of thin leaf” that the Minoans attached on their garments as well as variant shapes of “beads”, “finger rings” and “golden rivet heads” (Hutchinson, Prehistoric Crete, 195). 







The main reason of their advanced techniques and creative design in the jewellery-making is that the people were living in abundance, so they would have time to stay focused on making more and more beautiful jewelleries with precious stones and wore them on different occasions.


Reference:

Hutchinson, Richard Wyatt. Prehistoric Crete. London: Penguin Books, 1965. Print.