Minoan Southern Europe 2700s-1500s BCE Probable cause of demise: Natural disaster, invasion Pictured: A fresco found at the Minoan site of Knossos, indicating a sport or ritual of "bull leaping ...

Twitter user @ashesforfoxes first noted the parallel’s between Rey’s transfixing air dance and bull-leaping as it appears in ancient art, like the fresco painted onto the Palace of Knossos in ...

The 'recortadores' event, or bull leaping, is known as a non-violent alternative to more commonly seen bullfighting. Unlike matadors, whose intention is to torment and kill the bill, the men jump ...