Between 23 and 15 BC, the culture of the Minoan civilization on Crete flourished, culminating in the last two hundred years of the Minoan dynasty. At that time, Minos dominated the Aegean Sea and athens, and was the link between the advanced countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. The Minoans took full advantage of this advantageous location, developed shipbuilding, and built a powerful fleet, the first navy in the world. The invincible Minoan fleet enabled the dynasty to maintain ** contacts with Egypt, Syria, Babylon, Asia Minor and other regions, and became a maritime hegemon.
Undoubtedly, Crete is one of the cradles of ancient European civilizations. However, around 15 B.C., all the cities on the island of Crete were suddenly destroyed overnight, and this ancient civilization disappeared from the face of the earth forever.
In 1967, American archaeologists unearthed an ancient commercial city under 60 meters of volcanic ash on the island of Santorini, 130 kilometers north of Crete. It has been verified that the city was buried by ash around 15 BC when the Santorin volcano erupted. It was probably the most violent eruption in human history, spewing out ash that covered an area of 62 million5 square kilometers, the island's cities were buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash almost instantly, and spread to the Mediterranean coast and islands. It is recorded that there were three days of darkness over Egypt at that time, and in addition to that, the volcanic eruption caused a huge tsunami with waves as high as 50 meters, and the huge waves rolled south, destroying the cities and villages on the island of Crete, and the Minoan kingdom was wiped out.
In 19, the British archaeologist Arthur John Evans (Arther JEvans) excavated the ruins of a royal palace in Knossos, Crete. It covers an area of about 2 hectares and has hundreds of houses, all connected by winding corridors, and the complexity of the structure is rare. The double axe symbol has also been found in the labyrinth, and scholars agree that it is the palace of the Minoan kingdom (the double-sided axe is mentioned in Greek mythology as an important feature of the palace on Crete). The walls of the palace are adorned with frescoes, and the warehouses are stocked with large quantities of grain, olive oil, wine, chariots and weapons. A cottage covered with lead hides the king's countless gems, **, and seals. A large number of beautifully painted pottery and finely crafted metal utensils show the extraordinary talent of the Cretan people.
The ruins of the palace of Kunossos are located on a hill and are three to four storeys high, which is a view of the south entrance (**Courtesy: dilos holiday world).
The palace has nearly 1,000 rooms, connected by winding corridors (**courtesy: Dilos Holiday World).
There are many brightly coloured frescoes on the walls of the palace, evoking the life of the prosperous and prosperous time (**Courtesy: dilos holiday world).
The throne room of the palace of Kunossos, with the stone chair on the right wall is the throne of King Minos (**courtesy: dilos holiday world).
Large jars for storing cereals or oils (**Provided: dilos holiday world).
The most valuable are the tens of thousands of clay tablets engraved with words, one of which reads: Athens paid tribute to seven women, one boy and one young girl. Surprisingly, archaeologists actually excavated more than 200 fragmented human bones in a house on the island of Crete, belonging to 8,11 teenagers under the age of 10,15, whose bones were marked by slaughtered knives. It can also be found in Greek mythology. Legend says that King Minos, in revenge for the murder of his son by King Aegean of Athens, forced the Athenians to pay tribute of 14 boys and maidens every nine years for the Minotaur to eat. In the end, the Son of Aegean killed the monster Minotaur with a magic sword.
Later, archaeologists also excavated a temple and found evidence of Cretan sacrifices with living people! There were many pottery vessels for placing sacrifices, including the skeleton of a 165-centimeter-tall young man lying on the altar, a basin-shaped container for receiving blood on the side of the table, and a bronze knife that slaughtered people was found nearby. The skeleton of the priest and his assistant, facing the sky on his back, wearing a silver ring on his hand and holding his face with his hands. There were many messy bones far from the altar, and it is believed that the ** who participated in the ceremony and the priest's retinue were stoned to death before they could run out of the temple. According to the situation at the scene, archaeologists speculated that when the Cretan people were making a living sacrifice and prayed to God to keep the ** disaster away, it caused a landslide and a catastrophe to come, and the roof collapsed suddenly, covering the entire sacrifice site and everyone!
Through the excavations of archaeologists, we see the development of the Mynoan civilization, but also see its fall, because the evidence and legends of killing people have been found. Civilization should be a group of people who can think rationally, live together peacefully, and value morality. However, the Mynoan civilization at that time may have had the practice of human sacrifice, and it was dominated by kings and priests. Does this mean that the overall morality is corrupt, and there is no distinction between right and wrong? Think about it further, if a king encounters frequent natural disasters, if he can't review his own shortcomings, lead the whole country through the crisis, and reduce the suffering of the people, but superstitiously believes in the sacrifice of the living to heaven to eliminate disasters and solve problems, even if such a civilization can maintain a certain prosperity on the surface, is it unconsciously coming to an end?
Looking at this ruined city, in addition to lamenting how such a developed civilization could disappear, we might as well think about the reason: everything in the universe does have the law of operation, and if human beings want civilization to last for a long time, it is the fundamental way to conform to the laws of the universe and maintain the power of the good and upright mind.