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

Did the Mycenaeans really conquer Minoan Crete? If so, how and when did this happen? This article examines the evidence.

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The object, which belongs to the Minoan civilization of Crete, has been described as one of the most significant discoveries in underwater archaeology not only in Türkiye but in the world. This ...

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.