The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of ...

The Pylos Combat Agate, found in the Griffin Warrior’s grave, is an extraordinarily fine seal stone measuring only 1.4 inches wide. It depicts the final moments of a battle among three ...

The Minoan culture was the first highly complex society on modern European soil, with palaces, writing, stunning art – and even flushing toilets. The Minoans lived in the bronze age (circa 3000-1200BC ...

As Greece builds to accommodate a rise in tourism and other development projects, unearthed antiquities complicate progress. Archaeologists speculate that this recently found ancient Minoan ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Plato describes in detail the Temple of Poseidon on Atlantis, which appears to be identical to the Palace of Knossos on the island of Crete. Credit: Wikipedia Commons, cc-by-sa-3.0 Various specific ...

More than 100 years after it was first discovered, the town of Gournia is once again redefining the island's past I know a place where there are a lot of old things,” a peasant named George Perakis ...

As Patricia Mahan and Dan Matarazzo stroll through their village of Kritsa in Crete, watching the Mediterranean sunset paint ...

Discover fascinating ancient myths and legends – from lost cities to warrior women – that archaeologists and scientists have ...

The world’s most notable archaeological discoveries in 2025 include the first pharaoh’s tomb found in over a century, a Maya ...

Movies, television shows, and cartoons are populated with dazzling martial artists ranging from the Kung-Fu antics of Hong Kong Phooey the crime fighting dog, to the mesmerizing Jeet Kune Do of Bruce ...