| Caesar | 16 May 2013 4:18 a.m. PST |
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| MajorB | 16 May 2013 4:36 a.m. PST |
Why is this unsurprising? |
| TKindred | 16 May 2013 4:37 a.m. PST |
Makes sense to me. Thanks for the link! |
| Keraunos | 16 May 2013 4:52 a.m. PST |
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| Klebert L Hall | 16 May 2013 7:37 a.m. PST |
Who cares? The continents are just arbitrary lines drawn on a map, none more so than "Europe".
-Kle. |
| Chazzmak | 16 May 2013 8:35 a.m. PST |
What a crock ! Everyone knows that the Minoans were settlers from Zurtax, third planet from the sun in the star system Grumock. That's what the weird hair guy said on the History Channel, so it must be true. |
| Keraunos | 16 May 2013 8:37 a.m. PST |
well I thought it was funny, Minoans, Minotaurs, Bull… |
| MajorB | 16 May 2013 11:01 a.m. PST |
The continents are just arbitrary lines drawn on a map, none more so than "Europe".
-Kle. Well, actually, most continental boundaries are the oceans … |
| Caesar | 16 May 2013 11:41 a.m. PST |
Not many ancient history fans on the ancient history discussion board, I see. |
nnascati  | 16 May 2013 12:28 p.m. PST |
I read the story yesterday on Archaeology News. I actually always thought the Minoans were European. The Bronze Age, especially the earlier part is a fascinating and little understood period of history. Your comment is all too true on many TMP boards I've noticed. |
| zippyfusenet | 16 May 2013 12:58 p.m. PST |
Not many ancient history fans on the ancient history discussion board, I see. Actually, all us serious historians covered this subject yesterday. There might have been three of us. After that, things got a little whimsical: TMP link |
 piper909 | 16 May 2013 1:49 p.m. PST |
I love ancient history, but always figured the Minoans were descended from a boatload of seven stranded castaways shipwrecked while on a three-hour tour back in the proto-Bronze Age. Either that, or evolved from actual minnows. |
| CooperSteveOnTheLaptop | 17 May 2013 2:21 a.m. PST |
Any fule kno they were off the last boats out before the oceans drank Atlantis. |
| Klebert L Hall | 17 May 2013 6:37 a.m. PST |
Well, actually, most continental boundaries are the oceans … Right. Like North and South America, and Asia/Europe/Africa.
-Kle. |
| MajorB | 18 May 2013 8:54 a.m. PST |
Well, actually, most continental boundaries are the oceans …Right. Like North and South America, and Asia/Europe/Africa. I did say MOST, not all. The ones you mention are the only land boundaries between continents and some of them are only partially so (e.g. Africa/Europe). All the rest are oceans or seas. |
| Jon Lead Slayer | 18 May 2013 9:14 a.m. PST |
The issue here is that allot of experts think that Europes first civilization was started by outsiders from more civilized lands, and they discount the ability of early Europeans to create their own civilizations. A perfect example of this is the builders of England's Stonehenge. Before they had modern dating methods they thought the early Britons got their technology from the Mycenaean Greeks. With modern dating they have found that many of the rock tomb mounds date back to 3500 B.C. and that is even older than Egypt's Pyramids. |
| CATenWolde | 18 May 2013 3:22 p.m. PST |
Theories of cultural diffusion on that order have not held sway in archaeology for fifty years or more, and frankly the so-called Libyan model of Cretan origins never had much traction beyond the musings of Arthur Evans a century ago. Nevertheless, it is an interesting study and will serve as a valuable foundation for future work. |
| Druzhina | 18 May 2013 8:14 p.m. PST |
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