Crete

Matala | Μάταλα

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…

The small statuette from about 1450 BCE (Bronze Age), known as “Palaikastro Kouros” was found in three pieces…

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.…

The Platyskinos Tholos Tomb at Achladia (also spelled Achladhia, Axladia) is a Late Minoan beehive burial structure located…

The Archaeological Museum of Rethymno (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ρεθύμνου, occasionally spelled Rethimno) is a regional museum in Crete,…

The Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Σητείας) houses a significant collection of artifacts spanning the Stone Age,…

Stilos (also spelled Stylos) is an archaeological site comprising an ancient Minoan settlement situated near the modern village…

Tripitos (also spelled Trypetos) is an archaeological site on a small peninsula situated three kilometers east of modern-day…

Xerokampos (also spelled Xerokambos), located on the Farmakokefalo hill in southeastern Crete, is the site of a fortified…