This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress. Archaeologists speculate that this recently found ancient Minoan ...

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More than 100 years after it was first discovered, the town of Gournia is once again redefining the island's past I know a place where there are a lot of old things,” a peasant named George Perakis ...

The Pylos Combat Agate, found in the Griffin Warrior’s grave, is an extraordinarily fine seal stone measuring only 1.4 inches wide. It depicts the final moments of a battle among three ...

Archaeologists say new research shows that 4,000-year-old Minoan houses used clever designs long before the island’s famous palaces appeared. The study argues that these early buildings were not as ...

The Mysterious Minoan Snake Goddess. Credit: Erik Törner/Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Since the discovery of the so-called Minoan ‘Snake Goddesses,’ it has been debated whether British archaeologist Arthur ...

The Minoan culture was the first highly complex society on modern European soil, with palaces, writing, stunning art – and even flushing toilets. The Minoans lived in the bronze age (circa 3000-1200BC ...

THE Huxley Memorial Lecture of the Royal Anthropological Institute for 1925 was delivered by Sir Arthur J. Evans at the rooms of the Royal Society on Tuesday, November 24. The chair was taken by Prof.

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