This is the story of two of the most heroic, and controversial, figures in archaeology: Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the remains of Troy, and Arthur Evans who unearthed the Great city of King Minos.
Replete with drama and adventure, The Bull of Minos tells of the 3,000-year old civilizations that were revealed in their full glory, of the extraordinary men who toiled in their dusty ruins, and of the magic and mystery of life in an Ancient world of gods and warriors..
Achilles and Agamemnon really did live.
The Cretans did indeed worship the cult of the bull.
They also proved that what until then had only been myths and daydreams of achaeologists and historians were historically real.
Ranking alongside Carter\'s discovery of Tutankhamun\'s tomb, these Discoveries at Troy and Knossos enabled a new understanding of Prehistoric Greece.
This is the story of two of the most heroic, and controversial, figures in archaeology: Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the remains of Troy, and Arthur Evans who unearthed the Great city of King Minos
