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The challenges and opportunities facing Crete over the coming decades will take centre stage at the 7th World Congress of Cretans, to be held from Thursday, July 23 to Sunday, July 26, at the Orthodox ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Inside Crete’s Palace of Knossos: Minotaur myths, Minoan plumbing and Sir Arthur Evans’s legacy
The Minoans, at least the people that we know as Minoans, lived on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age and may very well have been Europe’s first advanced civilization. The Palace of Knossos, ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: What To Do In Crete: 9 Lesser Known Things To See On Greece's Largest Island
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Melissa is a writer based in Brooklyn. This article is more than 6 years old. Knossos palace at Crete, Greece Knossos Palace, is ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: This 4,000-Year-Old Labyrinthine Monument Is the First of Its Kind to Turn Up in Crete
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. Located at ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Best Places to Visit in Greece
We rank the 14 Best Places to Visit in Greece. See which places our readers like the best, and vote for your favorites.
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Archaeologists Unearth 2,000-Year-Old Odeon in Crete
The newly unearthed odeon in Crete Courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports Archaeologists have found a Roman-era odeon in Lissos, an ancient city on the Greek island of Crete. The ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Autumn in Crete, the Greek island of culture
Blessed with beautiful beaches, mountains, canyons and buzzing cities, Crete undoubtedly has it all. But it’s also a fascinating window into the ancient past. Minoans, Mycenaeans, Romans, Arabs, ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Greece: Where Mediterranean beauty meets multigenerational family adventures
Greece has long drawn travelers with its sunlit shores and layered history, yet its growing reputation as a destination for families of all ages stems from thoughtful development that accommodates ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Minoan Fresco Rewrites Ancient Trade Routes Between Greece and India
An academic study stirred considerable controversy over a Bronze Age Blue Monkey fresco from Akrotiri, Santorini, regarded as one of the most enigmatic artworks of the Ancient Greek World. The ...
News Greece » Crete » Culture: Crete, the Forerunner of Greece
MRS. HARRIET BOYD HAWES, better known to us, perhaps, under her maiden name of Miss Harriet Boyd, and her husband, Mr. C. H. Hawes, have written a. very useful little book which may be described as a ...