The Minoans were excellent builders, as shown by the town's many well-paved roads and the elegant ashlar masonry walls flanking the western courtyard of Gournia's palace. (Courtesy Janet Spiller)
What is up with this nonsense? This is the third time I've seen this repeated in the last week or so.
Most of the Bronze Age tin came from Iberia, with some from the Sudeten, Cornwall and other places.
Have any of the people proposing this ever looked at a map? Spain and Cornwall were infinitely more accessible in the Bronze Age than Afghanistan.
Crete has always fascinated me.
For one thing the Athenians from their earliest times remembered Crete as the dominant power in the Aegean, maybe the Mediterranean.
It really does seem ancient and not that much is known about it.
If they find an arc welder, I'll be impressed.
Minnows of Creek
There`s lots of tin in Indonesia too. That`s a little farther than Kabul but it`s an all-water route from Baghdad.
Ok i have some questions.
Did they dry stack stones and then plaster?
The foundation stones seem to be uncut “rubble”. Were they dry stacked like you see in Arizona and New Mexico? Then cut stone used on top?
Did they use any morter? Was the morter just mud or a limestone mix?
Just curious it seems arid and it wouldn’t work in London or Germany. Am I on track?
