Minoan art metal, as they did in stone and ceramic, but none in metal are extant from Crete. The iconographical significance of these motifs is largely unknown, although some scholars have identified general themes from the contexts in which they were used. Minoan art Minoan art is the art produced by the Minoan civilization from about 2600 to 1100 BC. The largest collection of Minoan art is in the museum at Heraklion, near Knossos, on the northern coast of Crete. Minoan art and other remnants of material culture, especially the sequence of ceramic styles, have been used by archaeologists to define the
Minoan Flying Dolphins window. MFD was renamed to "Hellas Flying Dolphins" in the summer of 2001 and finally to "Hellenic Seaways" in 2005. Minoan Lines continued to own a large stake exceeding 30% in Hellenic Seaways until 2018, when it was sold to Attica Group. Minoan Flying Dolphins Minoan Flying Dolphins (MFD) was a Greek passenger and freight ferry company. MFD was established in 1998 by Pantelis Sfinias () as a subsidiary of Minoan Lines. Sfinias had convinced many prominent Greek businessmen to purchase stakes in MFD. His plan was to use the raised capital for purchasing small traditional ferry companies and eventually