Crete has been a food destination a long time in the making. Greece’s biggest island is dotted with centuries-old olive trees (including the oldest olive tree in the world still producing fruit ...

Among the more noteworthy objects of the shrine, which was found in the characteristic Minoan position on the back-wall of the cella, are the cist-like altar filled with earth and quantities of ...

A 4,000-year-old circular structure resembling Minoan tomb architecture was unearthed near Kastelli, Crete, suggesting it could be the legendary labyrinth of King Minos. While working on a new ...

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 ...

Greece’s culture ministry announced on Tuesday that archaeologists had uncovered a “unique” monumental Minoan building on Crete atop a hill overlooking the island’s new international airport.

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 ...