Archaeologists have uncovered a previously unknown ancient Minoan city beneath the waters off southern Crete. The discovery, made by a team working near Matala, has stunned experts with its unique ...

Researchers have discovered that the ancient civilization of Crete, known as Minoan, had strong martial traditions, contradicting the commonly held view of Minoans as a peace-loving people. Research ...

ATHENS, GREECE—ABC News reports that traces of a round building estimated to be 4,000 years old were discovered on a hilltop on the island of Crete during an investigation conducted ahead of the ...

They were the first civilization in Europe to build large palaces, but we still haven’t cracked the code of their language (or their exact origins). The mythological history of the Greek island Crete ...

The burning light of a magnificent civilisation, which awed the ancient Greeks, dimmed and then suddenly disappeared. Discover Dr Floyd McCoy's theory of the Minoan collapse. Three and a half thousand ...

'In case you were thinking it’s a load of bull…” says one of our guides pointing up above the ruins of Minoan Knossos at a brightly painted bull fresco behind rich red and black columns, “…it is.” The ...

A narrow 260km-wide ridge lying on the crossroads between Europe, Africa and Asia, Crete is about as far south as you can go without leaving Europe. It's the largest Greek island, and the ...