Crete Archive

Remarkable Giant Minoan Structure Found On Crete

Remarkable Giant Minoan Structure Found On Top Of Papoura Hill, Crete

AncientPages.com | June 11, 2024

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The recent discovery by the Greek Ministry of Culture unveils a remarkable Minoan structure near Kastelli on Crete. This monumental circular edifice, spanning

Daedalus And Icarus Who Forever Remained An Example For Many Dreamers

AncientPages.com | September 11, 2023

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cretan legends say that Daedalus led the construction of the famous Labyrinth for the Minotaur on the island of Crete. Icarus. Credit: Adobe Stock

Archaeology

Ancient DNA Reveals “Completely Unexpected” Marriage Rules In Minoan Crete

AncientPages.com | January 16, 2023

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - With the help of new archaeogenetic data, scientists have obtained exciting insights into the social order of the Aegean Bronze Age. Life picture:

Archaeology

Secrets Of The Ancient Temple Of Dimitra At The Acropolis Of Falasarna Revealed By Archaeologists

AncientPages.com | November 19, 2022

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The results of the archaeological studies at the Acropolis of Falasarna in Crete, Greece, are complete. While excavating at the site, scientists have

The Cyclades And Their Advanced And Mysterious Society Lost In Time

AncientPages.com | April 25, 2022

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Prehistoric Cycladic figurines carved in marble are very ancient artifacts that appeared in the Cycladic society, many centuries before the arising of the famous Minoan Civilization.

Archaeology

Oldest Footprints Of Pre-Humans Discovered In Crete – They Are 6 Million-Year-Old!

AncientPages.com | October 12, 2021

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The oldest known footprints of pre-humans were found on the Mediterranean island of Crete and are at least six million years old, says

Mystery Of The Minoan Blue Monkeys Depicted On Frescoes

Archaeology

Mystery Of The Minoan Blue Monkeys Depicted In Frescoes

AncientPages.com | April 16, 2020

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Monkeys appear in Grecian frescoes dating back to the Bronze Age 3,600 years ago, but monkeys are not native to Greece or the

Zeus – ‘Cloud Collector’, God Of Order, Law And Justice – Most Powerful God Of Olympian Pantheon

AncientPages.com | January 3, 2019

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of heaven and the father of Mount Olympus gods; his Roman mythology counterpart is Jupiter. Zeus’

Archaeology

Rich Minoan Burials Discovered At Petras Cemetery On Crete

AncientPages.com | September 9, 2018

AncientPages.com - Two burials with rich grave goods were discovered in a pit of the Middle Minoan IA era (2100-2000 BC) in Siteia, NE Crete, during excavations of a

"The footprints, left one after the other, indicate that this creature was perfectly adapted to moving swiftly across the land in a two-footed position. From this point of view, we are dealing with our family, our relatives"

Archaeology

Oldest Known Fossil Footprints Discovered On Crete By Polish Researcher Challenge Established Theories Of Human Evolution

AncientPages.com | November 11, 2017

AncientPages.com - The oldest known human-like footprints recently preserved in Trachilos, Crete are nearly 6 million years old and represent one of the recent and most fascinating discoveries in paleontology. Fossil footprints

Archaeology

Controversial Discovery Of 5,7-Million-Year-Old Footprints On Crete Could Re-Write History Of Human Evolution

AncientPages.com | September 5, 2017

AncientPages.com - A set of controversial, newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete are now putting theory of human evolution to the test. The footprints are about 5.7 million years

Sophisticated Lenses Of Minoans Discovered In The Sacred Idaion Cave

Civilizations

Sophisticated Lenses Of Minoans Discovered In The Sacred Idaion (Ideon) Cave

AncientPages.com | May 31, 2017

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Minoans appeared to have possessed remarkable technologies; one of them was the creation of tiny, wonderful seals, which were skillfully carved out of

The whole region is prone to volcanic activity, which was much greater than it is now.

Archaeology

Researchers Will Search For “Fingerprints” Of Thera/Santorini Eruption In Tree Rings

AncientPages.com | March 4, 2017

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The catastrophic Minoan eruption - one of the largest volcanic outbreaks in recorded history of mankind and known as the ‘Thera eruption’ -

Civilizations

Akrotiri Of Thera: Sophisticated City In The Greek Cyclades Devastated By Volcanic Eruption

AncientPages.com | July 6, 2016

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Akrotiri is situated in the south of the main island of Thera, also known as Santorini, which lies in the Aegean Sea, approximately

The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian archaeologist excavating ruins of the ancient Minoan Palace of Phaistos, on Crete in 1908. It's important to add that the enigmatic artifact was spotted in a stratum belonging to the sixteenth century BC, but it may be of much earlier.

Archaeology

Is The Mystery Of Controversial Phaistos Disk Solved?

AncientPages.com | December 17, 2015

AncientPages.com - Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet - Phaistos Disk. The disk was found by Luigi Pernier, the Italian

Artifacts

Controversial Artifact: What Kind Of Message Does The Phaistos Disk Contain?

AncientPages.com | May 13, 2014

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Many have laid claim to having solved the mystery of the enigmatic round terracotta tablet - Phaistos Disk. No one has managed to solve

Civilizations

‘Be Wise As Serpents And Harmless As Doves’ – The Story Of The Serpent People And Their Guidance

AncientPages.com | May 7, 2014

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - They have been known from time immemorial, as the Serpent People, or People of the Serpent. Collectively, they are all known as the Serpents