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

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

Whilst the island of Crete may be a huge tourist destination, there’s so much more here than you might expect. The ancient city of Knossos was the place that ‘gave birth’ to the very first ...

The Minoan Civilization of Crete, often hailed as Europe’s first literate society, left behind a strange writing system that continues to mystify modern scholars, remaining an unsolved enigma to ...

The civilization emerged from the local Neolithic culture and established itself on the island of Crete, now part of Greece. The construction of complex settlements began around 2000 B.C.

In 1939, Greek Archaeologist Spyridon Marinates suggested that the Minoan civilization had actually been destroyed around 1500 B.C. by falling ash and poisonous fumes from a volcanic eruption on ...

The large Aegean island of Crete and mainland Greece flourished during the Bronze age as well. Crete in fact built such a sophisticated civilization that it became nearly a paradigm for the ...