DNA ANALYSIS SHEDS LIGHT ON THE GENETIC ROOTS OF ANCIENT MINOANS AND MYCENAEANS   published on www.realmofhistory.com Excerpt from article -  In one of our previous articles, we talked about how the earlier Mycenaean artworks,  architectural patterns  and military arms, circa 1600–1450 BC, were very much similar to the contemporary Minoan styles. And now a comprehensive DNA analysis might just provide the credible context to this scope of maritime influence. To that end, according to a fascinating study conducted by an international team of researchers (with members from University of Washington, the Harvard Medical School and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, along with other archaeologists and collaborators) has revealed that the ancient Minoans and  Mycenaeans  were genetically quite similar. Assessed from the remains of 19 different ancient individuals (from areas comprising what is now Greece, Crete and Turkey), thi...