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06.2 History of Minoan Civilization | Ιστορία του Μινωικού Πολιτισμού

The Minoans (c. 3500 – 1100 BCE) had developed significant naval power and for many centuries lived in…

The Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, was established to showcase finds from Eastern Crete, and covers a…

Aptera (Greek: Άπτερα), also known historically as Apteron (Ἄπτερον) or Aptara, was an ancient city located in the…

Crete (Κρήτη), home of the ancient Minoan civilization, is the largest Greek island in the center of the…

One of the most important museums of Greece, the Heraklion Archaeological Museum (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ηρακλείου) displays artifacts from…

Knossos (Κνωσσός, also transliterated as Cnossos, Knossus, Cnossus, Gnossus, Gnossos) palace was undeniably the most important center of Minoan…

The Minoan palace at Malia (Μάλια) is the third largest palace of Minoan Crete after Knossos and Phaistos.…

Matala (Greek: Μάταλα) is a village on the southern coast of Crete within the Heraklion regional unit. It is…

What has survived to our day from Minoan art provides insight into the culture that flourished in Crete…

Language The Phaistos Disk is the earliest, and only script of its kind we have from the Minoans. It…

Παλαίκαστρο (Palaikastro, sometimes also transliterated as Palekastro) Minoan town unearthed at the Rousolakos location near the modern town…

Phaistos (Φαιστός, also transliterated as Faestos, Phaestos, Faistos) is the second largest Minoan palace of Crete after Knossos.…