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The Minoan Puzzle: Knossos and the Lost Bronze Age
Long before Athens rose to power, the Mediterranean was dominated by a maritime civilization that left no written records of its own voice. In this episode, we step into the labyrinthine palace of Knossos on Crete, exploring the enigmatic Minoans who thrived from roughly 2700 to 1450 BCE. We examine the striking frescoes of bull-leaping, the mysterious Linear A script that still resists decipherment, and the catastrophic eruption of Thera that may have toppled their empire. Lucas and Luna trace how Arthur Evans reconstructed this lost world in the early twentieth century, debating whether his…
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