The Minister of Culture stated that the Ministry is fully aware of the needs regarding the protection of cultural heritage ...

Minoans may have invented the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.

Near the town of Palaikastro, located at the eastern end of the island of Crete, lies the archaeological site of a city from ...

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 ...

So far, not much information is known about the Minoan civilization and their way of life, save for their labyrinth palatial complexes, showcased in classic myths like Theseus and the Minotaur.

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 ...

It is thought to be about 3,600 years old. It is associated with the Minoan civilization, which lasted from around 3000 B.C. to 1100 B.C. The civilization emerged from the local Neolithic culture ...

This reinforces the hypothesis that Minoan writing was not limited to accounting but also played a role in religious and ceremonial contexts. On the other hand, the handle of the object bears a ...

Workers installing a radar system ahead of an airport construction project in the town of Kastelli in Crete stumbled on a large architectural monument, one unique for Minoan archaeology.

Minoans may have created the first portable eclipse calculator, predating the Antikythera mechanism by over a millennium.