By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

One of the most captivating remnants of the ancient world is the Boxers Fresco from the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri on ...

(A mysterious disk was found in an Ancient Greek shipwreck ... interstellar navigation chart used by an extraterrestrial. The Minoans were a wealthy Bronze Age society of seafaring traders ...

The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation ... all written language and art disappeared. Remains of an ancient Greek gymnasium. In 800BC, almost 300 years after the Dark Age began ...

The Minoans were excellent builders ... Yet it was not only in their myths that the ancient Greeks spoke of Crete. In the Odyssey, which is thought to reflect events of the Late Bronze Age ...

Greek Ministry of CultureA covered coffin from the Minoan times found in Ierapetra ... After that, read about the ancient untouched Egyptian tomb that was uncovered along with an intact mummy.

Why does the first great Greek civilisation continue to inspire artists and designers today? Beverley D'Silva explores the Hellenistic revival and its roots with the ancient Minoans of Crete.

Now, with the help of the analysis of ancient genomes, it has been possible for the first time to gain insights into kinship and marriage rules in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece. The results ...

A team of international researchers analyzing the genomes of ancient human remains ... first cousins in Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece frequently married each other. Experts from the Max ...