Old European culture

In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Medea brews a magic potion to restore aged Aeson, father of Jason, to youth. Where drops from the cauldron fall on ...

In this paper , Marcia Nugent talks about "3 flowers as 3 Minoan calendar markers for 3 seasons": 1. Madonna lily = Spring 2. Sea ...

A 16th cent. BC Minoan vessel found on Thera, Akrotiri, depicting (according to the museum curators) on one side wild goats and saffron croc...

During the excavations of the the Temple Repositories at Knossos, among many early 2nd millennium BC faience (glazed ceramic) objects, Arthu...