It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...

Plato describes in detail the Temple of Poseidon on Atlantis, which appears to be identical to the Palace of Knossos on the ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ago). Bronze statue of bull and acrobat, found in Crete. "Taking the bull by the horns" ... it's a terrifying metaphor. It's how politicians are meant ...