Dawn of the Gods

Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout- photos by Dimitrious Harissiadis. The beginnings of European history, Minoan Crete and Mycenaean culture, classical Greek culture, etc. In her general work on the Minoans (Dawn of the Gods, 1968), Hawkes was one of the first to suggest that the ancient Minoans might have been ruled by women. She noted that very little if any evidence of a Minoan male ruler exists, whereas abundant evidence of such rulers existed among the Egyptians, Hittites, Sumerians and other Minoan contemporaries. Furthermore, images of strong and powerful women abound in Minoan art.