A surprising discovery in the Colombian Andes has uncovered the 6,000-year-old skeletons of a mysterious group of people.

Athena, a goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of Athens, was one of the most popular deities in the Greek ...

Lassithi is home to Minoan ruins, from the ancient city of Lato to the Palace of Zakros. Both are worth a visit, as is the former Venetian fortress and leper colony of Spinalonga, which was catapulted ...

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

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

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

However, epigraphic studies have shown that the inscription on the ring and the one on the handle exhibit stylistic differences, suggesting they were engraved by different ... This reinforces the ...

The Minoan culture, known from the island of Crete ... Residents of Santorini reported seismic vibrations in December 1949 that were felt in many areas of the island. On January 10, 11, 13 ...

In 1908, an archaeologist in Crete discovered a small clay disk bearing unknown symbols. Now known as the Phaistos disk, it remains a modern enigma. The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The ...

These ingots were evidence of ancient trade routes connecting various Mediterranean civilizations, including the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Egyptians, and inhabitants of the Near East. However, the ...