December
16
/ 2019
Experts studying ancient Minoan monkey paintings on a Greek island have made a discovery that provides new knowledge of the trade network of the archaic civilization. Analysis of a depiction of a monkey on a fresco seems to indicate that it came from Asia, thousands of miles from the Mediterranean. This find suggests that the Bronze Age civilization had links with the Indus Valley civilization, which could radically change ideas about the Minoans. The monkey painting was found at the site of Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini (Ancient Thera), in the Aegean Sea. Akrotiri was once a prosperous Minoan settlement, which was completely destroyed and buried by a volcano in 1600 BC. The Minoans were a culture that thrived
