The Minoans (Lost Civilizations)

Long before the rise of the classical Greeks and their famous achievements, Crete and nearby Aegean islands were the home of the Minoans, who fashioned Europe's first advanced culture. From the discovery of the great palace at Knossos in 1900, to new theories about the Minoans' demise, a noted scholar of ancient Greece tells the story of this enigmatic vanished people.