The Minoan civilization was very developed.

米诺斯文明非常发达。

Crete's Minoan civilization is famous for its complex palaces, colorful art, and mysterious writing system.

克里特岛的米诺斯文明以其复杂的宫殿、丰富多彩的艺术和神秘的文字系统而闻名。

Greece's Culture Ministry said recently that the structure is unlike any other from Crete's ancient Minoan civilization.

希腊文化部最近表示，这座建筑与克里特岛古代米诺斯文明中的任何其他建筑都不同。

They're very much like the iconography that you find in Minoan Crete.

它们拥有和你在克里特岛上发现的米诺斯时期人造品相似的艺术构成。

It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection.

它现在是大英博物馆克里特文明集合的一个亮点。

In a domino effect, Ventris unraveled Linear B, with each word revealing more clearly that the language of Linear B was not Minoan, but Greek.

如多米诺骨牌一般，文特里斯环环相扣地破译了线形文字 B，每个词都愈发清晰地表明线形文字 B并不是米诺斯语，而是希腊语。

Evans's interpretations of these engravings eventually led him to find the Minoan palace at Knossos (Knos6s) , on the island of Crete, in 1900.

埃文斯对这些雕刻进行解读，最终于 1900 年在克里特岛克诺索斯遗址找到了米斯诺王宫。

He thought the script, dubbed Linear B, represented the Minoan language, and scholars all over the world came up with their own theories.

他猜想这种被称作 “线形文字 B” 的文本代表了米诺斯文明的语言，而全世界的学者则众说纷纭。

But the discovery that Linear B represented Greek, and not Minoan, showed that the opposite had happened: mainland Greeks invaded Crete and adopted the Minoan script for their own language.

但线形文字 B 属于希腊语，而非米诺斯语这一发现揭示了事实恰恰相反：大陆上的希腊人入侵了克里特岛，并借用了米诺斯文字作为自己的语言。

The small bronze statuette from Minoan Crete, unique as it is, is also a very good indicator of this key commodity, bronze, that was sought after throughout the eastern Mediterranean.

克里特的这尊青铜小雕像是件很好的证物，让我们了解青铜是当时整个地中海东部地区需求巨大的重要商品。