Sailing Home Around 3000 B.C., the Minoan civilization emerges on the island of Crete and becomes a great maritime trading power. This fresco from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri, Santorini ...

Fly above the majestic island of Crete, where ancient ruins, dramatic gorges, and turquoise coastlines meet sun-drenched villages and rolling olive groves—this stunning drone footage captures the ...

The Minoans ruled over many islands of the Aegean Sea, but were they ever organised into a single, unified Minoan empire?

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International Living named Crete the best Greek island for retirement thanks to its strong healthcare, infrastructure, and ...

What it is: A fired clay disk inscribed with symbols that have never been deciphered Where it is from: The ancient Minoan civilization on the Mediterranean island of Crete When it was made: More ...

But Crete’s first great civilization was that of the Minoans. Evans suggested that the Minoans were refugees forced from northern Egypt by invaders more than 5,000 years ago.

Crete is the largest Greek isle and the site of thousands of years of civilization, including the Minoans, who dominated during the Bronze Age, between about 2700 B.C. and 1420 B.C.