Nyob ib ncig ntawm lub xyoo 3,000 BC, seafarers los ntawm Asia Minor los ua thawj cov neeg nyob rau hauv lub Cyclades Islands tuaj nyob rau hauv lub hiav txwv Aegean. Cov Islands tuaj no nplua nuj nyob rau hauv tej yam ntuj tso khoom xws li kub, nyiaj, tooj liab, obsidian, thiab marble, uas tau pab cov neeg nyob rau thaum ntxov ua tiav ib theem ntawm kev vam meej.
Qhov kev nplua nuj no tau tso cai rau kev vam meej ntawm kev ua yeeb yam, thiab qhov txawv ntawm Cycladic kos duab yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm lawv cov duab puab huv thiab minimalistic, uas yog ib qho ntawm cov kos duab tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws uas tsim nyob rau hauv Bronze Age hauv Aegean.
Cov duab no tau tsim los ntawm 3,000 BC mus txog 2,000 BC thaum cov Islands tuaj tau cuam tshuam los ntawm Minoan kev vam meej raws li Crete.
Cov neeg tuaj txawv teb chaws thaum ntxov no feem ntau yuav loj hlob barley thiab nplej thiab ntses rau tuna thiab lwm cov ntses hauv hiav txwv Aegean. Ob peb ntawm lawv tau dim txoj kev nyiag khoom niaj hnub no thiab kev tsim txom, tab sis lwm tus, zoo li cov neeg nyob hauv cov kob ntawm Keros, tau txhob txwm rhuav tshem thaum ub.
Puas yog kev ntseeg kev ntseeg ntawm cov neeg nrhiav pom lawv ntawm Keros Island muaj dab tsi cuam tshuam nrog qhov kev ua no? Rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm peb txoj kev paub, cov neeg uas nyob hauv pawg Cyclades Island tsis tau pe hawm Olympian gods thaum lawv thawj zaug qhia hauv xyoo txhiab xyoo BC.
Puas yog Keros, qee qhov 4,500 xyoo dhau los, qhov chaw tseem ceeb ntawm kev ntseeg ntawm Cycladic kev vam meej? Dab tsi yog lawv qhov tseem ceeb thiab lub hom phiaj hauv Cycladic zej zog? Yuav ua li cas tseem ceeb, lawv mysterious tiaj tus figurines? Raws li tuaj yeem pom, muaj ob peb cov lus nug txaus ntshai uas tseem tsis tau teb rau hnub no.
Cycladic Culture yog hais txog cov poj koob yawm txwv Greek kab lis kev cai ntawm Cyclades Islands tuaj ntawm sab qab teb Aegean Hiav Txwv, suav nrog cov hnub nyoog Neolithic thiab Early Bronze. Raws li yav dhau los tau sau tseg, Minoan kev vam meej yog ib feem ntawm Cycladic kab lis kev cai. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm 3,200 BC thiab 2,000 BC, ib qho kev vam meej zoo kawg nkaus tau muaj kev vam meej nyob rau ntawd, uas muaj ntau yam tseem ceeb nrhiav tau nyob rau hauv cov kob qub no.
Ntau yam khoom cuav uas tshwm sim los ntawm qhov kev vam meej tsis meej pem no tau pom nyob rau hauv cov Islands tuaj, tab sis lub npe hu ua Cycladic cov nuj nqis yog ib qho kev tsim tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev vam meej. Hauv lawv txoj kev yooj yim, lawv cov ntaub ntawv enigmatic muaj lub zog zoo nkauj.
Tam sim no, cov kws tshawb fawb tab tom saib rau cov lus teb rau ntau cov lus nug tseem ceeb txog keeb kwm tsis meej ntawm Cyclades Islands. Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws yog ib qho ntawm cov lus nug uas xav paub ntau tshaj yog: Vim li cas Cycladic Culture tsim cov khoom loj tshaj plaws ntawm Cycladic flat-faced marble sculptures?
