Around 5,000 years ago the Greek island of Crete was home to one of the world's most intriguing and amazing civilisations. Yet for all their might and culture, the Minoans are still best-known for the tale of the Minotaur, a fearsome creature who lived in a labyrinth beneath the grand Palace of Knossos.
In this documentary famed historian Bettany Hughes steps back in time to explore the Minoan culture, and the features which allowed them to prosper so long ago. How did they build such magnificent palaces, with hinged doors and flushed toilets? And what significance do their mysterious bull-leapers have? Hughes revisits old archaeology to find out all this, and the Minoans’ tragic demise.
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