The eruption of Santorini has long been linked to the fall of the Minoans. Does the evidence really support this conclusion, ...

How did Minoans gain their wealth? In ancient Minoan society, wealth was a standard of living. Trade was the source of wealth for them. Trade with Egypt and Syria was conducted through ships they ...

What are Minoans best known for? During the Minoan period, between 2000 BCE and 1400 BCE, the civilization evolved. Crete is part of Greece today, but it was once a part of Crete. In particular, their ...

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

In the Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, a throne room built during the 15th century BC is considered the oldest such room in Europe.

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have ...

As residents flee the Greek Island of Santorini after a spate of tremors earlier this month, we look back at a catastrophic ...

It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection. The bull and the leaper are both made of bronze, and together they're about six inches (or 150mm) long and four or five ...

This is similar to Prehistoric Britain. The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation. They didn't live on mainland Greece but on the nearby island of Crete, between 2200BC and 1450BC.

A labyrinth of massive columns and beautiful frescoes, the Palace of Knossos is a testament to the sophistication of the Minoan civilization that disappeared sometime in the 14th century.