Last Refuge of the Minoans
The ancient Minoans were master seafarers. But between the 1200s and the 1000s BC, they simply withdrew from the world. Today, we look at where they went—and why.
Ancient History Fangirl · Jenny Williamson and Genn McMenemy
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Show Notes
High in the mountains of eastern Crete, there’s a secret that has been kept since the 1200s BC. It’s the secret of the strange and still-unexplained 80+ ancient villages hidden in the Cretan mountains that may have been the last refuges of the Minoan people.
The ancient Minoans were master seafarers. But sometime between the 1200s and the 1000s BC, they abandoned their coastal villages, their palaces, their fertile farmlands, their trade routes—and simply withdrew from the world.
Today, we’re going to look at where they went—and why.
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