The Phaistos Disk–An Enigmatic Artifact in its Cultural Context
The Phaistos Disk is a unique Minoan object that has intrigued scholars since its discovery in 1908. Still undeciphered, the disk displays over 240 signs in a spiral. Is it authent
Monkey Business: New Evidence for Aegean-Indus Exchange
The Aegean is over 6000 kilometers from the Indus Valley. So how did these two centers of ancient civilization come into contact, and why were monkeys involved?
What’s in a Style? Minoanizing Paintings in the Eastern Mediterranean
Do similarities in style mean a shared set of styles, craftsmen, or a network? The mid-second millennium BCE case of Minoan-like paintings in Near Eastern palaces shows the problem
Trees and Power in Aegean Art
Every society has symbols of leadership, and in a surprising number of Mediterranean and Near Eastern societies these are trees. A look at tiny examples of Aegean art gives some hi