![]() ![]() ![]() The experts specifically identified the primates as grey langurs ( semnopithecus). Based on the archaeological evidence, the Minoans, who were great seafarers, traded extensively with the Pharaoh’s kingdom.Īfter the primatologists studied the Minoan monkey images, “they all straight away unambiguously said ‘that’s a langur’,” Pareja is quoted as saying by the New Scientist. “This makes sense because Egypt was in contact with the Minoan civilization,” reports the New Scientist. Interestingly, monkeys did not live in Greece at this time and most of the primates painted have been identified as Egyptian species. Marie Nicole Pareja of the University of Pennsylvania collaborated with some primatologists and a taxonomic illustrator, to help her analyze this wall-painting. ![]() There is one very well-known painting that depicted a number of monkeys, which were different from the others. Industrial Zone Found In Luxor’s Valley of the MonkeysĬlose up of Minoan monkey art in Akrotiri, Greece.New Minoan Hoard Proves Snails Were Lucrative.3,500-Year-Old Advanced Minoan Technology Was ‘Lost Art’ Not Seen Again Until 1950s.The Minoans were a culture that thrived mainly in Crete and influenced the development of archaic Greece. Akrotiri was once a prosperous Minoan settlement, which was completely destroyed and buried by a volcano in 1600 BC. The monkey painting was found at the site of Akrotiri, on the island of Santorini (Ancient Thera), in the Aegean Sea. This find suggests that the Bronze Age civilization had links with the Indus Valley civilization, which could radically change ideas about the Minoans. Analysis of a depiction of a monkey on a fresco seems to indicate that it came from Asia, thousands of miles from the Mediterranean. Experts studying ancient Minoan monkey paintings on a Greek island have made a discovery that provides new knowledge of the trade network of the archaic civilization. ![]()
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