[SunkenCiv]

"Even when, during the respective Thera Conferences, individual scientists had pointed out that the magnitude and significance of the Thera eruption must be estimated as less than previously thought, the conferences acted to strengthen the original hypothesis. The individual experts believed that the arguments advanced by their colleagues were sound, and that the facts of a natural catastrophe were not in doubt... All three factors reflect a fantasy world rather than cool detachment, which is why it so difficult to refute the theory with rational arguments." -- Eberhard Zangger, "The Future of the Past: Archaeology in the 21st Century", pp 49-50.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GeronL]

Fascinating

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

For a long time, the “Minoans” probably didn’t need much in the way of defense. It wasn’t just a romantic myth of the archaeologists.
You can see trouble coming from a loooooong way off, on Crete. Invaders landing on the beach would not have had much of a chance, certainly no advantage (such as surprise).
Eventually though, it’s likely the culture went to seed. They usually do. And the Mycenaeans began to crop up like weeds. When the Cretans saw THEM coming, in the mind’s eye, they took prudent precautions.
In the end, it wasn’t enough.
An old, old story.

[SunkenCiv]

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Minotaur: Sir Arthur Evans and the Archaeology of the Minoan Myth by Joseph Alexander MacGillivray Hardcover Paperback	Mysteries Of The Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, And The Forging Of History by Kenneth Lapatin Bargain Hardcover Hardcover	The Secret of Crete by Hans Georg Wunderlich First Edition Hardcover Paperback Mass Market Paperback Unknown Binding

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(in part, MacGillivray contends that Evans's creative drive stemmed from his suppressed homosexuality)