Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

This is similar to Prehistoric Britain. The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation between 2200BC and 1450BC. They were known as the Minoans after their famous king, Minos.

And in the Palace of Knossos on Crete, the myth of Icarus – the boy who flew too close to the blazing sun – is re-told among the ruins of the legendary King Minos’s seat.

At the end of the 19th Century, a Cretan archaeologist discovered a palace that many believed had belonged to Minos himself. Not only that, but experts soon found traces of an entire Bronze Age ...