Minoans: The Ancient Badasses You've Probably Never Heard Of

Who Were the Minoans and Where Did They Go?

The Minoans were a very spiritual and ritualistic culture. Nature and harmony were important themes throughout their history. This society was very advanced for their time, and had a flourishing economy based upon intense commercial activity revolving around their abundance of natural resources. The Minoan civilization goes back before 2600 BCE, but little is known about them before then (“History of Minoan Crete”). One of the biggest mysteries though, is why their advanced and thriving society crumbled around 1450 BCE. No matter the reason for their fall, the Minoans made considerable contributions to the development and growth of Western civilization as it is recognized today.

Le Fils De L’Homme (Son of Man)

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    The oil painting, "Son of Man" by Rene Magritte, was completed in 1964. The painting depicts a man in a suit and bowler hat; an average looking businessman of the era. The man wears a red tie, the only color in his outfit and the background is a mix of grays, blues, and white. A hovering apple hides the man’s face and he stands in front of a stone wall in which the hazy blue ocean peeks out behind him...