ARCHAEOLOGY

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The Minoans were primarily a mercantile people engaged in overseas trade. Their culture, from 1700 BCE onward, shows a high degree of organization. The Minoan trade in saffron, the stigma of a mutated crocus which originated in the Aegean basin as a natural chromosome mutation,

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Santorini in the Bronze Age: A society fed on prosperity and pleasure, enjoying a cosmopolitan life and the riches of maritime trade, is reflected in the eating habits of its members.

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Akrotiri, the remains or a prehistoric city that was buried under the ash and pumice stone after a very strong volcanic eruption on 1600 b.c Akrotiri not only remained buried for almost 4000 years, but at the same time it remained protected and preserved under

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