Knossos
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Connection Between the Bronze Age People and the Octopus
There is a connection between the Bronze Age people who dwelled at kenosos and the octopus. In order to make purple dye you need to collect a number of seashells which you find on the rocky shores around Crete. The detail that they put into these octopuses for instance on that example we got in front of you there Andrew was that a real effort to try and depict the octopuses as stylistically as possible almost these kings of the underwater world.
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