Joyful Minoan frescoes are a testament to the sophistication of that early culture. The Minoans thrived on the Greek isle of Crete from 2000 to 1100 BC. The remains of their palace and the joyful ...

The Minoans were a powerful but mysterious naval civilization in the Bronze Age Mediterranean, but how was their calendar ...

Why does the first great Greek civilisation continue to inspire artists and designers today? Beverley D'Silva explores the Hellenistic revival and its roots with the ancient Minoans of Crete.

One of the first objects that visitors encounter in Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) in Manhattan is a forgery.

The palace of Knossos on Crete is now a major tourist attraction Europe's first advanced civilisation was local in origin and not imported from elsewhere, a study says. Analysis of DNA from ancient ...

THE publication of the last volume of the great archæological work, Palace of Minos, by Sir Arthur Evans, brings to a close what must rank as the most complete record of the largest single ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 'In case you were thinking it's a load of bull," one of our guides says, pointing above the ruins of Minoan Knossos at a brightly ...

Provenance is one of the most pressing concerns in the world of antiquities. But an upcoming exhibit of Minoan art circumvents that topic. More than 280 artifacts are coming straight from Greece to ...

The Minoan Palatial Centres, consisting of six component sites (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Zominthos and Kydonia), are located in Crete, a strategically positioned island at the crossroads of ...