The Discovery & Demonstration of the Minoan Calendar

Crete Gazette ^ | December 16, 2008 | Dr. Jack Dempsey

[SunkenCiv]

we knew nothing of how Minoan people reckoned the days of the year and the flow of time. No advanced and prosperous society could manage its agriculture, foreign trade and ritual life without a calendar. And yet, till now, little was known except that the 4-year timing of Olympic Games (first recorded in 776 BCE) was based in a much older calendar that began each year at Winter Solstice. This mystery began to be solved in 1972, when American scholar Dr. Charles F. Herberger published The Thread of Ariadne and revealed the Minoan calendar hiding in plain sight -- in the patterns of features, colors and numbers in the decorative border of the famous Toreador or Bull-Leaping Fresco, from Knossos Labyrinth. A review of Herberger's evidences by Harvard University's Dr. Alexander Marshack judged this discovery "valid and valuable," if further questions could be answered. Meanwhile I, studying Minoan Crete for 30 years, was ignorant of all this until I chanced to meet Charles Herberger in 2005.

[Little Bill]

http://projectsx.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/lessons/les/15.html

Link to full artical.

[Joe 6-pack]

ROTFLMAO.....dude, you ain’t suppose to wear that thing on your wrist!!

[Red_Devil 232]

Here is link ... starts on page 18 ... page 19 mentions The Room of Children's Bones

The Room of Children's Bones

[Dr Jack D]

Greetings-—Came across the discussion/comments about the Minoan Great Year Calendar and would welcome further discussion with members here; and, would like to offer to send anybody in the world a free CD copy of the work that attempts to demonstrate this for your judgment. Please let me assure you that I present this for criticism with an open mind, without any kind of “New Age” or mythological elements: I did not “go looking” for this, have no time for hoaxes or games; just showing the astronomic reality of the Great Year cycle, the Fresco patterns and central Minoan artifacts from Cnossos Throne to Labrys which correspond to it in many aspects (with other evidences and scholarly views besides). So far there have been very encouraging responses from professional archaeologists/astronomers in various countries....If you’d like to check it out, contact me at jpd37@hotmail.com, thank you-—and best regards to all.