European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse M. A p. If to minoan culture How the West was begun this ceremonial vase in the shape of a Bull s head is one of the Best examples of minoan Art. By. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau was the minoan Palace of Knossos the first flowering of european and Western civilization tour guide Evangelos Vrentzos the Community relations officer at Iraklion air station Crete has Long believed it to be. And More and More of the world s leading archaeologists Are coming to share his View. Archaeologists have recently found evidence suggesting that 3,600 years ago ancient Egypt a one of the great Early civilizations a was powerfully influenced by the minoans who historians already believe had a major role in the development of greek culture. The new discovery was made by a team of egyptology its from the University of Vienna Austria who were excavating avar is one of ancient Egypt s Long vanished capitals. The find reported this summer in British newspapers was made inside a Citadel on the Nile Delta. Archaeologists uncovered remains of a magnificent Fresco painted in the style of the minoan civilization of ancient Crete 500 Miles away. The frescoes which appear to have continued on Page 12 this restored Fresco of vase bearers decorated the Walls of the Palace at Knossos. Portions of the Palace have been reconstructed to give visitors a better idea of what the vast Complex May have looked like. This is one of the entrances. September 26, 1991 stripes Magazine 11
