One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island ... Thucydides’ vision of ancient Crete was a thalassocracy, from the Greek words thalassa, meaning “sea ...

After the famous Minoan eruption, when was Santorini resettled? Thankfully, archaeological and historical evidence provides ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation ...

Greece’s largest island ... history here has been shaped by millennia of civilizations—from the ancient Minoans to the Venetians, Ottomans, and everything in between. But beyond its boundless ...

In Greek mythology, Daedalus was commissioned by King Minos to build the labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur, a terrible beast ...

The opening ceremony of a special exhibition on Minoan civilization in Greece was held on Monday at the Palace Museum in ...

When was Ancient ... living in Greece for over 40,000 years. The earliest settlers lived a simple hunter-gatherer or farming lifestyle. This is similar to Prehistoric Britain. The Minoans were ...

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