Carved on a disk about the size of a dinner plate was writing in an unknown language. The debate has raged for a century: Is this artifact real or fake?
When it was made: Between 1800 and 1700 B.C. This gold pendant was discovered in 1930 at the cemetery of Chrysolakkos, which means "pit of gold," in the ancient Minoan town of Malia in Crete. Although ...
What ever happened to the Minoan civilization? Centered on the island of Crete 15 centuries before Christ, the seagoing Minoans once dominated the commerce and influenced the culture of the eastern ...
On a summer day in 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier unearthed what would become one of history’s most tantalizing puzzles. While excavating the ancient Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, ...
The 2025 archaeological campaign at the Minoan palace of Archanes, directed by Dr. Efi Sapouna-Sakellaraki, has unearthed a ...
"A complete guide with 26 excursions and detailed maps"--Cover. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001 ...
The Cycladic, the Minoan, and the Mycenaean cultures define the Bronze Age of Greece, 3,100-1,000 BCE. This was a period of flourishing architecture, craftmanship, agriculture, sanitation, including ...