“the bull man depicted almost certainly refers to the Minoan Civilization which would of existed at the same time.”
There we go, Absolutely. They are not literal mythical creatures, they are the symbolic representations of cultures. Just like we have the Eagle representing our nation.
historically, but now it would be a man wearing a dress ;)
It is also my long-standing belief that the “sea people” who ravaged the middle east and basically ended the bronze age, were the Jews and or the people the Jews drove from their historic lands when they invaded the promised land.
I think people are thinking of sea people in the wrong way. They are thinking people who attacked by sea, when instead it is the people that crossed the red sea when Moses split it.