Exploring Knossos | Minotaur's Labyrinth, Megalithic Mysteries & the Snake Goddess

Exploring Knossos | Minotaur's Labyrinth, Megalithic Mysteries & the Snake Goddess | Megalithomania

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Knossos is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and has been called Europe's oldest city. Settled as early as the Neolithic period it eventually became the ceremonial and political centre of the Minoan civilization and culture. The palace was abandoned at the end of the Late Bronze Age, c.1380-1100 BC. The site is famous for the mythical labyrinth associated with its inventor Daedalus, King Minos, Princess Ariadne, and Theseus of Athens, as well as the megalithic 'Horns of Consecration' and the remarkable Throne Room. Numerous snake-goddesses, giant double-axes and other stunning artefacts have also been found. It was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos, and the excavations began in 1900 by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) and his team, and continued for 35 years. It is an enormous assemblage of 800 rooms, originally covered with magnificent frescoes, occupying several acres, with an earlier megalithic, cyclopean foundation. Includes exclusive aerial footage.
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@adamhighley6759 Жыл бұрын

@valentinamalinova737 Жыл бұрын

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@explorationhistory2954 Ай бұрын

From time to time I visit your channel and just pull up a playlist of all your videos and watch them back to back. You do amazing work. This is top level production quality stuff, and I love it!

@pennsyltuckyreb9800 Жыл бұрын

My father is of Sicilian and Greek/Cretan ancestry. To this day he wears the "Italian horn" around his neck. The "cornicelli/cornetto/corno." It is a BULLS HORN that symbolizes Goodluck and to ward off the curse of the "evil eye." The Sicilian flag has the "trinacria" symbol with the serpent goddess/gorgon face like Medusa.

@adriancarter825 9 ай бұрын

Watched again Hugh , go there tomorrow 1st Oct 2023 can’t wait, thanks for pointing stuff out especially the megalithic stuff.

@afternoobtea914 Жыл бұрын

The snake goddesses and the twinaxes are a mystery and very interesting. Nice video mate!

@JupiterJane1984 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Megalithomania UK for another Fantastic production, you truly put heart ❤️ and soul 🙏 into every video you put out! The gypsum, upon first glance, looked like a shoe to me for some reason? This truly ais a grandiose site, WOW! Your hard work is greatly appreciated, thanks again for sharing ☺️👍👍❤️

@the_phaistos_disk_solution 2 ай бұрын

She has become a master drone pilot. Utterly obliterated by the Titan Wave of Crete in 1177 BCE.

@lindabarry7867 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video. Really well-done.

@sc2824 Жыл бұрын

Nice video. We spent a month in Crete a few years back. The entire island is filled with memorable things - a terrific destination, along with Sardinia, Sicily, Malta and Gozo. The north portion of Crete has the larger more visited towns: Chania, Rethymno, Siteia - all worthy to explore and certainly worthwhile. Knossos and the big museum in nearby Heraklion are obviously must-sees. The interior and south portions of the island are awesome too, even more so in many respects.

@jimmime Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was beautiful, there is so much to see.

@martinmasey7453 Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen it since I was a schoolboy in 1969 and it is fascinating. But I have to say that you have nailed that drone now, Huge. Your films are as fine as your talks. Thankyou both.

@IndoorEcosystem Жыл бұрын

Was just here today. Thanks for an amazing video of the site. Really appreciate the explanation and theories plus the footage from the Archaeological Museum to tie everything together.

@richshortiano7080 Жыл бұрын

Another great episode, would have been unreal to see the gypsum in its pomp mate

@claudiaxander Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous! Adore their aesthetic. Cheers!

@tabascoraremaster1 Жыл бұрын

Only visited Crete once but I loved visiting this site as well as the main museum and the other ancient sites. Did you know that Crete was called Axos back then and lays on a line that can be drawn in between Hawaï , Helsinki and Crete.. It's the (old) Axis of the (flat) Earth.

@clareryan2640 Жыл бұрын

Awesome👍👍 just love how Hugh is always so NICE and sees beauty and wonderful stuff in all the ruins and archeology😁

@ronjohnson4566 2 ай бұрын

you'll be glad to know that this site has changed a lot since 1970. so, the viewer needs to know that this entire site is reconstructed. i think mostly a Disneyesque tourist attraction now. It's sort of like visiting the Ark in KY. Curious Realism.

@hughevans4652 Жыл бұрын

Great video thanks Megateam. I think the symbol is an Albrys, and the Greeks adopted it as the labris.

@lilylove2021 Жыл бұрын

Love the reconstruction, love those stones .... Sara

@Carol-cs4yk Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I enjoyed watching.

@oval1740 Жыл бұрын

Giddy up ) Get in and have a look 😀

@MarcMartino Жыл бұрын

7:59 look at the large opening stones on the building below and notice that the biggest blocks, perfectly cut are on the bottom. and the smaller stonework is repair work.

@PauldeSwardt 8 ай бұрын

Just back from Heraklion - last week - didn't realise you can catch local buses to the site as it's in the suburbs!

@toddincabo Жыл бұрын

👍 Really cool, thanks Hugh. (Those snake goddesses will put your eye out.)

@ASAS-dn4ve Жыл бұрын

Linear B is written in the oldest Greek (Indo European) language. Linear A is written in older language therefore not clearly deciphered. It is interesting to listen to professor Peter Revesz who is working on it.

@manfrommaine 10 ай бұрын

AI may end up deciphering Linear A in the near future.

@carlosthebee3527 5 ай бұрын

great narrator

@adriancarter825 11 ай бұрын

Great instalment Hugh as always,I go there September, hopefully get Knossos in, there is that much to see in Crete I don’t know where to start , giants crop up again I don’t think they can be denied any longer .

@drheathersebo1949 9 ай бұрын

Just a note, the script on the Phaistos disc is Linear A not Linear B. It records a language that has not been identified or deciphered.

@WhittlingWW Жыл бұрын

Interesting paintings especially the side profile of the figures as they resemble those found in Egypt

@myview1875 Жыл бұрын

@4:40 The green stone with dish shapes and small round insets reminds me of the strange stone in the museum of Eygpt. 🤔.

@netronin504 Жыл бұрын

Phoenician Canaanite temple of the magi.

@scott2296 Жыл бұрын

The Snake Goddess with the nice knockers, I kind of like what these ancients had in mind.

@manfrommaine 10 ай бұрын

The women of Crete were usually depicted as large-breasted and topless. They were renown for their beauty.

@davidlancaster8152 Жыл бұрын

An incredible education of Knossos. What electrical properties does gypsum have if any? An usually soft stone to work with. Curious. Thanks Hugh and crew for not leaving me behind.

@davidlancaster8152 Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks much 👍

@wierd.ole.monkey Жыл бұрын

23:26 Those definitely look like another set of horns. It would be interesting to see the measurements on how wide the vertical protrusion is…

@jamess3241 Жыл бұрын

Right before he tells everybody to look around and let him know if you see something, did anyone notice that animal or whatever it is by the tree?

@barbarabatts1718 Жыл бұрын

At 6:36? If so I’m not seeing anything.

@valentinamalinova737 Жыл бұрын

Friends!

@jackclements2163 Жыл бұрын

Christopher Dunn mentions gypsum crystals as a possible by-product of a solution of some sort that could have been mixed in one of the 3 famous pyramids at Giza. Is there a connection, who knows but I've heard gypsum mentioned a few times in ancient sites documentaries. I almost imagine "shavings" being taken from this due to the curve, but which way up would it originally have been? 23:20

@thundercatt5265 Жыл бұрын

..very interesting.... i have no idea ,what this is,but with enough time & research.... we'll figure it out

@myview1875 Жыл бұрын

The bull horn structure is obviously a catapult for a giant. 😀.

@lilylove2021 Жыл бұрын

🤣

@TheoryMaK15-255 Жыл бұрын

That was fantastic!! Well done!! CCan you tell me where I can get that altro music? Its very awesome egyptian sounding music, Please?

@ZiggyDan Жыл бұрын

The megalith resembles parts of the entrance to Ggantija temple. Or it could be part of a portal.

@ZiggyDan Жыл бұрын

There are Nubbed masonry at this site if you know where to look.

@juanotamendi8913 Жыл бұрын

A lot of other people say that was a moon cult crescent Moon!!...

@luciansamsel4762 2 ай бұрын

It seems to me that the last civilization to occupy this city built on top of a civilization that originally built this megalith. Shoddy stonework on top of magnificent masonry doesnt add up. Another thing is why would they leave their goddess statues and artworks behind?

@benderbender1233 Жыл бұрын

🤘😎🤘

@MarcMartino Жыл бұрын

8:30 advanced water networking system in the stone no longer fully intact. edit. Oh! you talk about it at 15 minutes. cool!

@shimshonbendan8730 Жыл бұрын

With the emphasis on the Minotaur, horns and bulls, is it possible this was used for Baal worship?

@Thebes77777 6 ай бұрын

Where is the Labyrinth, will we ever get to see it?

@PatriceBoivin Жыл бұрын

thank you "Look how deep that goes down." Well, I'm now wondering... Did the archaeologists dig everywhere as deep as possible? Where's the labyrinth. Reminds me of the purported labyrinth in Egypt, some think they found it but authorities don't seem to care and have zero curiosity.

@deanharris9662 Жыл бұрын

3:48 there not hills ??? Itswhats under ground

@airluc Жыл бұрын

Those horns are all over Japan also.

@MarcMartino Жыл бұрын

Got a link to examples? My search yielded nothing.

@deanharris9662 Жыл бұрын

7:44 and many many more levels underneath tunnel systems incorporated deeper you go older the history in all area's globally temple's pyramids everything city's everything our history started within our planet not on top like science everyone else thinks lol 😀 literally deeper you go older it gets

@lastbestplace8112 Жыл бұрын

Giant axes...for actual giants

@deanharris9662 Жыл бұрын

0:36 biult over just like all the others not just a hill brother

@lindabarry7867 9 ай бұрын

The small throne was probably for a woman who represented the GODDESS which was worshipped equally with the god. Men and women had equality in this society which had lasted 1500 years before the dominating war gods and warring societies overtook Europe.

@arunadaybasu Жыл бұрын

Uhh. Don't think those are bull horns. Nor are those ceremonial axes. These are everywhere in India. Those bull horns are like a guillotine where bulls would have been executed. With those axes. That's why the representation of bull blood. It's an offering to the Gods. At least that's what we do with that guillotine here. It's a standard at any "Kali" temple in India. We sacrifice goats, bulls, etc on that kind of guillotine.

@manfrommaine 10 ай бұрын

Interesting take

@nancyvolker3342 Жыл бұрын

LOL I was just watching In Search of the Trojan War

@tehjamerz Жыл бұрын

More of a ROFLMAO moment IMHO

@haythamkamel1648 Жыл бұрын

كلمة كورنو هي كلمة قرون بالعربية

@deanharris9662 Жыл бұрын

4:17 big secret is lol they biult UP BROTHER WE NEVER BIULT DOWN LOL 😆

@lone.ranger Жыл бұрын

I'm of the opinion that the folks who dug up those so called "axes" only found the metal...as the wood rots when buried for a great time. I think they got the "reconstruction" wrong...they are not axes on long poles....the wooden handles should be less than two feet as these were meant to be used like knives I'm thinking that the wood could have been shorter like a hand axe and the metal is very thin....probably sharpened like a knife on the edges.... possibly meant to slice the Bulls throat and then use the ceremonial hand axes to carve select cuts for the alter/burning area as these animals were meant for the gods....only they (and maybe the king?) can be allowed to consume sacrificial meat (?) Well that would have elevated him in power...the only person at the table consuming sacrificial meat and drinking wine. ITS GOOD TO BE THE KING. And the handle needed to be the length where the individual could wield it like a knife (a long pole would have been too cumbersome). Maybe the main priest/king would have a long handle...the only long one....as oversized and big things just appeal to those who hold power.. And the axes are, IMHO, purposely distorted at the edges...curled up...to take the form of the bull horns. I could imagine a procession with lower level priests/etc could carry these bull hand axes....one in each hand....and the high priest/king steps forward with his really big pole axe and ceremonially dispatching a sacrificial bull with the thin sharpened hand axes.

@jacobitewiseman3696 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about the minotaur part

@Shoshana-xh6hc Жыл бұрын

Why does one of the snake goddesses have a cat on her head? 🧐

@MrEyesof9 Жыл бұрын

Whenever I hear there were multiple floors in these ancient stone, brick or even mud brick places, I wanna yell stop the show please, pleae explain how that was accomplished. lol

@manfrommaine 10 ай бұрын

There were multi-story structures in the island city of Thera (modern day Santorini) that had flushing toilets on every floor. Amazing stuff.