Minoan Bull-leaper
c. 1700-1450 BC · Resource
A bronze figure of an acrobat somersaulting over a charging bull, the only near-complete 3D depiction of Minoan bull-leaping. It evokes the ritual sport central to Minoan Crete.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1575 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Shang dynasty (1600 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
- Abraham (1813 BCE)
- Mycenaean civilisation (1600 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Eruption of Thera (1600 BCE)
- Rigveda compiled (1500 BCE)