Was King Minos from Greek mythology a real person? This article examines the evidence for the existence of his sea-empire.

The Minister of Culture stated that the Ministry is fully aware of the needs regarding the protection of cultural heritage ...

Minoans may have created the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.

Near the town of Palaikastro, located at the eastern end of the island of Crete, lies the archaeological site of a city from ...

Evans later used the name “Minoan” to describe the civilization, a term that had first been employed by the German scholar Karl Hoeck in 1823 in his history of Crete. The well-preserved ...

So far, not much information is known about the Minoan civilization and their way of life, save for their labyrinth palatial complexes, showcased in classic myths like Theseus and the Minotaur.

What ever happened to the Minoan civilization? Centered on the island of Crete 15 centuries before Christ, the seagoing Minoans once dominated the commerce and influenced the culture of the ...

There have been many ingenious attempts to decipher the spiraling inscription, not least because of the wealth of new information it could reveal about the ancient Minoan civilization. So far ...

Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit), believed to be remnants of the once thriving Minoan ...