Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete, is an ancient city that perhaps is under-appreciated for its many ...

Visitors are shown signature painted pottery vessels from the Minoan civilization in the Shenwumen Gallery of the Palace Museum in Beijing on Monday.[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] A ...

It will run through July 27. Painted pottery, bronze ware, gold ornaments, architectural fragments, and other artifacts take visitors back to Minoan civilization (c.3000 to 1100 BC).

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 ...

The Bronze Age Minoan civilization was Europe's earliest high culture, flourishing in the Bronze Age between 3000 and 1400 B.C.

The Minoans were a wealthy Bronze Age society of seafaring traders known for their palaces, great cities, and art. And because of where the disk was found, it has been dated to between 1800 and ...

I did, for the first time, after 24 hours at Minos Beach art hotel. Yes, the magnificent property—its 135 rooms, bungalows, suites and villas effortlessly embedded in a seaside peninsula near ...

Greece’s Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely interesting find” from Crete’s Minoan civilization, famous for its sumptuous palaces, flamboyant art ...

Located at the highest point of Papoura Hill, at an altitude of 1,620 feet, the complex dates to between 2000–1700 B.C.E., at the onset of Minoan civilization.