Greek Ministry of CultureA covered coffin from the Minoan times found in Ierapetra, Crete, Greece. In an extraordinary example of being in the wrong place at the right time, a Greek farmer just ...

Neo-Palatial pottery discovered in the destruction layer suggests it remained in use close to the Late Minoan period. In a statement, the Greek Culture Ministry stated that a new location for ...

Minoica and Minoan come from Minos ... may be the finest example of glyptic art from the Greek Bronze Age ever found. It is a Cretan work of the New Palace period [1750 – 1700 BCE].

What really brings the past alive are the images—the structures, the art, the moments frozen in time that speak louder than any textbook ever could. Today, we’ve compiled a collection of ...

A huge, round, 4,000-year-old building has left archaeologists puzzled and threats to disrupt a major airport project on a Greek ... Minoan civilization, famous for its sumptuous palaces ...

When he was a 13-year-old schoolboy, a tousled Greek youngster named Nicolas Hadgikyriaco ... Young Nicolas soon got over his astonishment at the new art. He began to paint himself, grew up ...

The cultural frenzy had begun earlier that day in Athens, with brunch at the art-filled mansion of Greek collectors Dakis and Lietta Joannou. It was a lavish affair with a book bazaar, buffet ...

Angela Classi, a local artist and former physical therapist, is showcasing her latest work in an exhibit at Heckscher Museum of Art, “Demeter in Central Park.” Inspired by the Greek goddess of ...

Cecilie Brøns, a senior researcher and curator of the Glyptoteket museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art in Copenhagen, Denmark, says ancient texts provide evidence that statues were ...