A fired clay disk inscribed with symbols that have never been deciphered Where it is from: The ancient Minoan civilization on ...

More recent archaeological digs have demonstrated that Crete was widely urbanized during this period and that Knossos exercised some kind of hegemony over other Cretan cities. The mid-second ...

Dive into more than 4,000 years of Greek history at the Palace of Knossos, Crete's most iconic archaeological site. The ...

Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south of Heraklion (city buses run regularly from Bus Station A). Make sure to budget a good chunk of ...

The palace at Knossos on Crete was an important centre for the Minoan civilization DNA is shedding light on the people who built Greece's earliest civilizations. Researchers analysed genetic data ...

Explore the fascinating world of Greece's mysterious Linear B script, the enigmatic script of ancient Greece used by Mycenaeans.

Among the cities is Knossos, a great city; and there Minos was nine years king, the boon companion of mighty Zeus." That was Homer, singing the praises of Crete, prosperous and cosmopolitan ...

Integrating zooarchaeological finds, Shapland highlights the significance of objects and their associated human-animal relations in the history of the palaces, sanctuaries and tombs of Bronze Age ...

Navigate backward to interact with the calendar and select a date. Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. The Palace of Knossos $25 $500+ ...

and has carried out fieldwork in Crete (Knossos; Phaistos region; Hania region), mainland Greece (Pylos region) and the islands (Keos; Kythera). John completed two seasons of geophysical survey (July ...

These Saints, who were all from Crete, contested for piety's sake during the reign of Decius, in the year 250. Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, and Eunician were from Gortynia, the capital; ...

The snake goddess trope has slid through various cultures throughout history, embodying powerful symbols of fertility, protection and transformation. From the ancient temples of Crete to the ...