This serial property comprises six archaeological sites on Crete dating from 1900 to 1100 BCE. These sites represent the Minoan civilization, a major prehistoric Mediterranean culture. The palatial ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress. Archaeologists speculate that this recently found ancient Minoan ...

Archaeologists say new research shows that 4,000-year-old Minoan houses used clever designs long before the island’s famous palaces appeared. The study argues that these early buildings were not as ...

Flowers often depicted in Minoan and Egyptian art were symbols of life. Lily fresco. Minoan, 1570-1470 BC, from Amnisos. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete. Credit: Zde Wikimedia Commons CC ...