when I went to crete my tour guide said they would steal your underwear off you in athens..
I read the "seed of israel is no more" in the cairo museum...so maybe they embellish a bit..idk
the guy with a bulls head in a maze..always creeped me out...I guess they were pretty good at jumping bulls and doing a back flip at the same time....I was in san antonio earlier this week and trapped for 3 hours in the buckhorn museum, cause they closed the street off for a cattle drive...made me think of jumping bulls to get back to my car...A lot of speculation around the fall of the Minoan empire/civilization. Lots of evidence of internal strife, conflict and demise before the tsunami devastated the entire northern coast of Crete. Unfortunately we have very few archaeological artifacts displaying their written language. It’s a hieroglyphic style language that has never been translated. Nevertheless, the eruption was still a huge catastrophic event for Minoan people. And yes, people from modern day Crete are called Cretans. Pronounced exactly like the English word “cretins”.
But I’m sure you know all this having been to Crete. I hope I get to go someday. As now I’m just a guy with history minor who still finds this stuff fascinating 20 years later.
Naples was over-ridden with Gypsies when I was there years ago. Bastards were using credit card skimmers to steal your card info, and trained their 5-6 y/o daughters to claim you had touched them. They said they would call the Carabinieri if you didn't give them money.
I can read Linear A, but I'm not going to tell anyone how to read it....it is my secret. The following tablet deciphers to: Hi, I'm King Minos. We are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. Because we are one movement, we are one people in one family. We are one glorious nation under God. And together with the incredible people of Thera, we have made Minoa wealthy again. We have made Minoa strong again. We have made Minoa proud again. We will make Minoa safe again and we will make Minoa great again.A lot of speculation around the fall of the Minoan empire/civilization. Lots of evidence of internal strife, conflict and demise before the tsunami devastated the entire northern coast of Crete. Unfortunately we have very few archaeological artifacts displaying their written language. It’s a hieroglyphic style language that has never been translated. Nevertheless, the eruption was still a huge catastrophic event for Minoan people. And yes, people from modern day Crete are called Cretans. Pronounced exactly like the English word “cretins”.
But I’m sure you know all this having been to Crete. I hope I get to go someday. As now I’m just a guy with history minor who still finds this stuff fascinating 20 years later.
I can read Linear A, but I'm not going to tell anyone how to read it....it is my secret. The following tablet deciphers to: Hi, I'm King Minos. We are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. Because we are one movement, we are one people in one family. We are one glorious nation under God. And together with the incredible people of Thera, we have made Minoa wealthy again. We have made Minoa strong again. We have made Minoa proud again. We will make Minoa safe again and we will make Minoa great again.
I said… “Don’t worry, these people couldn’t steal a bowl of chicken broth from a soup kitchen. You’re perfectly safe unless you’re allergic patchouli or weed…”
If you're orange, I'm N.I can read Linear A, but I'm not going to tell anyone how to read it....it is my secret. The following tablet deciphers to: Hi, I'm King Minos. We are going to keep on winning, winning, winning. Because we are one movement, we are one people in one family. We are one glorious nation under God. And together with the incredible people of Thera, we have made Minoa wealthy again. We have made Minoa strong again. We have made Minoa proud again. We will make Minoa safe again and we will make Minoa great again.
