A while back I had the pleasure of editing Sheena Cundy's first foray into nonfiction, and let me tell you, it's worth reading. Her The...

Stuff lasts forever on the Internet. That can be great if you're looking for older references. But it can be tricky if you're trying to...

Individuation is problematic is the unofficial MMP motto. Find out why and what it means in today's Minoan Path blog post: Individuation...

My dear writer-friend DJ Martin has started a new fiction series, and I'm excited to share my review of book one with you: Reinventing...

I'm not talking about how smart the Minoans were, but about an interesting deity they imported into their pantheon from Egypt. Get all...

CW: death, funerals, corpses Modern western culture has a weird attitude toward death. It's a combination of obsession and repulsion,...

I invite you to enjoy a lovely new ritual: Confluence: Flowing Together In the name of the bee, And of the butterfly, And of the breeze,...

I've reviewed a lot of books over the years, both fiction and non-fiction, on a variety of subjects. I've compiled lists of my book...

The Minotaur is a bull, but the Minoans had other animals as well: goats, sheep... and pigs! Find out more in today's Minoan Path blog...

Is it an octopus hiding in a seashell, or something else entirely? And why the heck did the Minoans paint it on so many pots? Find out in...

Did you know that the Minoans had dogs? They did, and they loved them enough to include them in their art. Get a peek at some of them...

I have a soft spot for well-written YA fiction. It can be surprisingly deep, and the storylines are often more engaging, more...

A comment on Twitter from someone guessing about the content of last week's Minoan Path blog post got me to thinking about some issues...

Before you answer "the women's shirts," find out what I'm really asking in this week's Minoan path blog: What's missing from Minoan art?...

What do you think: Are there more women in Minoan art? More men? The answer might surprise you: Gender Equality in Minoan Art In the name...

When we think about the animals the ancient Minoans had, cattle spring quickly to mind (the bull-leaping, the Minotaur). There are also...

We have some tantalizing clues about what kinds of baskets and other biodegradable materials the Minoans had. These haven't survived in...

Among the projects I'm working on these days is a book of modern Minoan myths, tentatively titled Tales from the Labyrinth. I've shared...

Would you walk all the way up a mountain just to make an offering to a deity and ask that deity's aid? The Minoan did that all the time,...

Let's face it, we're probably all born animists. Every child knows it's perfectly normal to talk to rocks and trees as if they were...