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Caring for the Dead in Minoan Crete

  • Writer: Laura Perry
    Laura Perry
  • Aug 13, 2020
  • 1 min read

To the ancient Minoans, caring for the dead didn't end with the funeral. Their relationship with the deceased continued through the seasons, including an interesting practice called secondary burial:



In the name of the bee,

And of the butterfly,

And of the breeze, amen.

 
 
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