A section of the well-known dolphin mural has collapsed at the Palace of Knossos, one of Greece’s most iconic archaeological ...

The most beautiful ancient Greek myth is the creation of the Aegean islands, and  particularly of Delos and the Cyclades.

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born ... Thucydides’ vision of ancient Crete was a thalassocracy, from the Greek words thalassa, meaning “sea,” and kratos, meaning ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

The Minoans were the first great Greek ... much about what happened - all written language and art disappeared. Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark ...

Santorini is a picturesque island located in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast of Greece's mainland ... you can explore the ruins of an ancient Minoan city. In addition to its ...

About 2,500 years ago Greece was one of the most important places in the ancient world ... This is similar to Prehistoric Britain. The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation between ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Feeling overwhelmed by all the ancient archaeological ... than 17th century B.C. This former Minoan outpost, which, according to the Greek Ministry of Culture, is considered ...

Presents a survey of the emergence, the major accomplishments, the failures, and the decline of the ancient Greeks, from the Bronze Age civilizations of the Minoans and Mycenaeans ... the development ...