Mythical Beasts — S01E06 — Wrath of the Minotaur

00:00:02 Narrator: THE MINOTAUR.

00:01:28 BEHIND THIS MYTHICAL BEAST OF ANCIENT TIMES.

00:03:26 120 YEARS AGO, AND YET, EVEN IN ALL THAT TIME,

00:04:58 Narrator: REMAINS OF ANIMAL SKELETONS

00:06:40 BUT THEN BEYOND THE SACRIFICE,

00:08:32 Narrator: AT THE ANCIENT PALACE OF KNOSSOS IN CRETE,

00:10:26 ACROSS THE CENTRAL COURT, THERE WERE FRAGMENTS

00:11:59 Narrator: PIECING TOGETHER THE REMAINING FRAGMENTS

00:13:45 THE MINOTAUR'S STILL AROUND IN DIFFERENT FORMS TODAY

00:15:30 ALMOST AS WIDE AS I COULD REACH.

00:17:25 AND SO VAST THAT ONCE YOU ENTER,

00:19:15 IN THE SHAPE OF A DOUBLE BITTED AX.

00:21:03 IT'S REALLY KINDA DARK AND CLAUSTROPHOBIC IN THERE

00:22:52 SOME EXPERTS NOW BELIEVE ARCHEOLOGISTS

00:24:45 BUT A NATURAL FEATURE.

00:26:46 Stamos: IT'S A ELECTRONIC DISTANCE MEASURE

00:28:32 THAT IT WAS VERY WELL FREQUENTED.

00:30:11 IN AN ENCODED WAY.

00:32:13 THEY LURE MEN TOWARDS THE SHORE.

00:33:42 ITS BEHAVIOR FITS, TOO.

00:35:30 Narrator: DEREK THINKS THE MERMAID'S HUNGER

00:37:32 INVESTIGATES HOW THE MYSTERIOUS MINOAN CIVILIZATION

00:39:41 THE GREEKS THEMSELVES KILLED OFF THE MINOAN CIVILIZATION.

00:41:25 WAS ERADICATED BY ITS GREATEST FOE.