Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Minoans and Crete
While reading last night, I came across the point of the story where Dr. Gull is taking his driver around on a tour of the city highlighting the different masonic points. During this segment, he mentions recent archeological discoveries on the island of Crete that showed a civilization that was rather advanced for their time and could have possibly been related to the story of Atlantis. This brought me back to 9th grade when I did a report on the Minoans who are indeed the civilization mentioned in From Hell during this conversation. I've done a bit of research on these guys, and they are quite interesting. I'll just leave you guys with a link to the wikipedia article if you wish to read a bit more about them before I write a rambling two page blog post.
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This is cool. I was also reminded of The Divinci Code and Sherlock Holmes a lot while reading this book. Especially with the places connecting to a star shape on the map and all of the Mason's lore.
ReplyDeleteOne of the main theories about the origins of Atlantis is that it is a retelling of the eruption of Santorini which might have contributed to the decline of the Minoan civilization.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I particularly like that theory too, and remember it from the research I did. I mean, it makes the most sense because as far as bronze age civs go the Minoans were pretty advanced, and they never really fully recovered after the eruption.
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