But arguably it was the sensational discoveries in the early twentieth century of Sir Arthur Evans and other archaeologists on Crete that more completely revolutionized understandings of prehistory. The ancient civilization Evans found on the island was dubbed 'Minoan', after the legendary King Minos; and ever since - whether they be RG Collingwood or Gordon Childe, Giorgio de Chirico or Pablo Picasso, Robert Graves or Mary Renault - classicists, archaeologists, artists and writers have alike been captivated by the Minoans. From appropriations by European intellectuals to feminist...
But arguably it was the sensational discoveries in the early twentieth century of Sir Arthur Evans and other archaeologists on Crete that more complet...
