Visitors of Crete have found out that when exploring local villages it's possible to find Cretan memories to take back home.

One of the most captivating remnants of the ancient world is the Boxers Fresco from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri on ...

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 ...

Greek politicians and archaeologists expressed outrage over the collapse of a section of the 'Dolphin Fresco' at the Palace ...

Many of the cooking techniques used on the island today have their origins in Minoan Crete, including chochlioi, Crete’s famous snail dish. Minoans also laid the foundations of the broader ...

Greek Ministry of CultureA covered coffin from the Minoan times found in Ierapetra, Crete, Greece. In an extraordinary example of being in the wrong place at the right time, a Greek farmer just ...

Guided by a specialist on Cretan history, you can tour the Minoan Palace of Phaistos as well as Gortys, formerly Crete’s Roman capital. They also recommend visiting Thrapsano, a village an hour ...

In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it remains a modern enigma. The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The ...

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 ...

in southern Crete, a circular tomb was emptied and its bones buried in a pit, accompanied by hundreds of broken cups. In Kephala Petras, some tombs were filled with stones in an act archaeologists ...

A replica of the famous Dolphin Mural at the Knossos archaeological site on Greece's Crete island was damaged on Friday due to strong winds in the area, the Greek Culture Ministry said on Saturday.