The Aegean Apiaries: Honey and Wax in Minoan and Mycenaean Greece
The air in Bronze Age Crete, thick with the scent of wild thyme and olive blossoms, also carried a sweeter, more precious aroma – that of honey. Long before the grandeur of the Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos, and indeed, before the formidable citadels of the Mycenaeans rose on the mainland, the humble bee … Read more
