For hundreds of years experts have been trying to find answers as to how the great Minoan civilization of Crete came to an ...

The ancient Minoan palace of Zominthos on Crete located at a height of 1,200 meters shows that Minoans highlanders too.

Small villages were the main places of residence for the Minoans, who were farmers. Besides wheat, barley, grapes, and olives, they grew barley and grapes. A goat herder, a cattle breeder, a sheep ...

In particular, their temple at Knossos was a magnificent piece of architecture. The "Minoans" did not exist before or after the Spartans in ancient times. How did the mycenaeans gain wealth and power ...

The team of archaeologists announced the discovery of the ancient Minoan dagger in a translated statement from Akdeniz University. The artifact was described in the post as a “silver-riveted ...

Minoan artifacts and cooking equipment have been found at Miletus, a city in Anatolia that would have attracted the Cretans for its proximity to sources of metal. Thucydides’ vision of ancient ...

Beyond Crete's sun-drenched beaches is a world of ancient palaces filled with Minoan history, begging for more tourists.

The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation ... There was never one country called ‘ancient Greece’. Greece was divided up into small city-states: Athens Sparta Corinth Olympia So ...