Example sentences for: minoan

How can you use “minoan” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The collection covers finds from the Neolithic age onward and concentrates on Minoan finds in the ‘lesser’ (if one can use such a phrase for finds of this quality) sites, as there are no major palaces in the area.

  • Travel on through the village of Mires to reach Phaistós (Festós), site of an impressive Minoan palace.

  • Around 1500 b.c. , a massive volcanic eruption at Santorini destroyed not only Akrotiri — under feet of ash and pumice — but the whole Minoan civilization.

  • Though no proof can be put forward for this claim, from the ancient votives left in the cave it was certainly very important during Minoan times.

  • Iráklion was a thriving port in Minoan times and became known as Herakleium under Roman rule.


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