The Ancient Mysteries Of The Minoan People | The Minotaur's Island

Bettany Hughes examines how the Minoans turned to religion to guard against the ominous threats of volcanoes.

[fornoreason]

One has to really really really thank the ancient Egyptians for actually painting the images of other ancient people and their creativity thousands of years ago. Unbelievable and invaluable.

[harrietharlow]

The Minoan civilisation fascinates me. We went to Knossos when I was a child and all of it was so interesting.

[nuccio]

"The Minoans were islanders, but they weren't insular." With that level of cross-lingual wordplay, I'm in. Well done.

[christineschulze]

I solo traveled the Mediterranean from Athens to Crete, Naples to Rome, to Le Sene Sur Mer France, to Barcelona...I walked from Heraklion to Knossos. I lived in my own head w a single earphone in to hear documentaries and mood music, I had time to ponder the ancients and their cultures. Best thing I ever did ❤️

[lakshmimohan]

The background music in most places is hauntingly beautiful. Wonderful watch.

[s.picone]

Wow ! This was enjoyable to watch. Great content from this channel, Bettany Hughes did a great job and her voice is soothing too 👍🏻

[bgc]

I love the scenes of nature painted on the Minoan walls and objects. The creatures are so lifelike, esp. love the dolphins

[technocatification]

She's swimming with Jeans?? 😂 love this show

[TinyEpics]

I’m a simple guy. I see MINOANS and I click.

[mallarieanderson]

Bettany is such an AMAZING HISTORIAN and true bad*ss— I’m in love, but in a completely professional way. I’ve been waiting on a good comprehensive history of the Minoans, and this is just what I was looking for. Though I must say I do tend to get naturally suspicious when a British person sounds too confident about a lost or foreign civilization 😅 History’s just gotta be that way sometimes

[samditto]

This lady makes me very happy to be learning so much

[hyperbitcoinizationpod]

The symbol of the snake is mistaken here. It represents rebirth and wisdom. This an archetypal image similar across world mythologies. It's agricultural Goddess.

[LadySeraphineCC]

We will never know what truly happened in ancient times.. kinda sad tbh

[Russo-Delenda-Est]

Well now I'm torn, which is better?
A grandfatherly, esteemed sounding old British narrator, or sultry, smooth voiced, young British narrator? (If the narrator isn't British is it even a real documentary?)

[fb]

The glamorous 90s action explorer vibe she has going on is hilarious

[WrexsolToob]

This looks like it was super fun to make.

[EvaMusician]

The entire thing fascinates me and my boyfriend and we were really excited about it when we went to Knossos we were very disappointed. Why? There are a few things. First of all you really need to pay for a guide, buy the book, rent the tablet that tells you the story (and works like a tour guide) or you need to get attached to a group with a guide. All of them cost extra to the Knossos ticket. The guides that are available in many languages they are standing in the entrance trying to attract tourists. All of them are either historians, archeologists or history teachers who do this to earn money since they have nothing else to do. We didnt hire one though. Without them the signs in the sight are too little. We counted 4. So basically the sight was made like this so that they make the most money that they can. Second of all, many of the "rooms", corridors, stairs etc where closed to the public because of???? When you go there you expect to see a palace. Instead you see a big red wall with drawings that have been repainted in order to show how it was (but we cannot really know how much different they were back then), the throne room, in which you are not allowed to go in or further than this, and a part of a stair that goes down to rooms (it is a part protected from the sun, but you are not allowed to go down there). Other than these, a lot of rocks and again parts that are closed to the public because they are hypothetically under contraction or???? they dont say. I am Greek, born and raised in Greece, so i know quite well that there is no money for archeological sights and if they get some from the EU it disappears before you see any progress. BUT, i think that Evans has done some critical changes to the sight (when it comes to the paintings/drawings) and the reconstruction of the other rooms/areas of the sight has been either stuck or it will never get finished. You only get an idea of what the palace would be like because of the throne room and the (closed) stairs that are next to it. That is it. As I said, we expected to see a palace... The pictures you see from Knossos on the internet or in books (the throne room, the wall with the drawings and the big wall with the collumms are basically ALL the things you will see in Knossos. You can save your money and go straight to the Archeological Museum in the city center which has a lot more things to show and say and gives you a better view about the culture, the every day life and how the palace would might be like. As the "palace" is constructed on different levels there are many rooms on different floors. I would really like to see them and get the real experience of life in Knossos. But nope, they are ALL closed. Very very disappointing.

[maxback]

The Minoan culture is a deep mystery! Very good doc!

[joebombero]

Kif tu - kif tuza is "How do you use it?" In Maltese. The Minoans could have been impressed with Egyptian tools and technology and simply been a pest perpetually asking questions, earning them this nickname.

[benrudolph]

Thank you, Doctor, for adding life, to the story of life.
I had no idea Egypt painted them and recorded their name, that the fires were started on purpose, that Kouros was broken apart and thrown, and that the cliff living refugees were there out of terror for about a hundred years. Thank you again, Doctor.