April 13; the throne of King Minos was filled with elaborate paintings and a raised seat with a high back. Upon discovering this entire civilization‚ Evans named it Minoans after King Minos himself. It was evident that the Minoans were of great wealth and had a good amount of prosperity. Since Evans ’ discovery‚ any study of the Minoans have been greatly influenced by his initial classification‚ most importantly the pottery. Evans once remarked “Any success as an Archeologist I owe to
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her little brother (Elijah Magundayao) saves a sea turtle from her aunt Elma (Jessa Zaragoza). The turtle is a magical and gave Kikay the power to save humankind and the sea creatures. It is her duty to protect the ocean deep from the giant small Octopus and its master disciple from getting the magical pearl that gives life to the ocean deep. As a training‚ Super Kikay fly around their town and try to solve the problems and difficulties of other people. Some of the problems she solve was to help a
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and using for food. These little developments of cultivating food is what encourages the accumulation of the ancient Greeks wealth and this also prompted growth of social hierarchies. The earliest phase we will cover on ancient Greece is the early Minoan period two. This was a phase that produced the greatest amount of activity with Greece. The houses they built were erected on hilltops and were stone built. They looked more like cells and storage areas than actual rooms. The people who lived in these
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Despite the fact that archaeology has been a long-standing area of scientific study‚ one of the most seemingly basic questions in the field is still unanswered: how do civilizations arise? Although the great nations of the past have left scientists clues and indicators as to their existence‚ history is still laden with inconsistencies and discrepancies. These irregularities have created a plethora of theories that attempt to explain how civilizations were born and how they developed. Margaret
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Identity Themes in Ancient Greece Honor and Culture are two of the most prominent Identity themes in ancient Greek literature. Honor seems to be a slightly more important theme‚ although Honor and culture are intertwined in many ways. The Greeks are dominant because of these two strong aspects of their society. Greeks‚ especially the Athenians‚ believe that their culture is much better and more advanced than any other at the time. This gave the Greeks a sense of pride‚ or honor in their society
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Palace of Knossos The Palace of Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and possibly the political and cultural centre of Minoan civilisation‚ possibly the oldest in Europe. The ruins of Knossos were first discovered by a Cretan merchant called Minos Kalokairinos in 1878. After Kalokairinos‚ Heinrich Schliemann had shown an interest but it wasn’t until March 16‚ 1900 that archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased the site and started the excavations. Arthur Evans is famous
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the coast of this new land‚ they disturbed a giant octopus‚ who was hiding in a coastal cave. Terrified at the sight of a strange canoe filled with human beings‚ the huge octopus swam rapidly in front of the Matahorua and took flight‚ passing through the strait between the North and South Islands. Kupe followed the octopus‚ and discovered modern Cook Strait.Kupe and the Matahorua eventually caught up with the giant octopus. In defence‚ the octopus whipped its enormous tentacles around the canoe‚ intent
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might say it disappeared or sank. This being said‚ Atlantis still remains as a mystery 2‚000 years later and many conspiracy theories were created. A few theories are‚ Atlantis was mid-Atlantic‚ Atlantis was Antarctica‚ and Atlantis was the legendary Minoan civilization. Overall‚ Atlantis did once exist and can possibly be ‘till this day. First‚ we will begin with how Atlantis was a mid-Atlantic continent that suddenly sank into the ocean. The Atlantic Ocean was only a few hundred feet deep‚ described
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Bucommequalia is an ancient civilization‚ city-state based near what is now modern-day west Crete that flourished between 1400 BC and 1159 BC and is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea1. This essay will explore the foundation of this civilization up until the Minoan take over around 1155 BC. This civilization contains considerable conjecture due to influences of other civilizations near the era. After an existential amount of excavation‚ archeologists and historians have gathered that the Bucommequalians were
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and octopi are both classified as cephalopods‚ they have many differences. Squid and octopi differ in physical features‚ living environment‚ lifespan‚ behavior‚ and much more. The squid has slightly different physical features than the octopus. A squid has eight arms‚ separated in pairs of two and attached at the bottom of its triangular-shaped head. They have two eyes‚ one on either side of its head. These eyes are like a camera lens; by positioning the lenses in their eyes‚ they can focus
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