Joyful Minoan frescoes are a testament to the sophistication of that early culture. The Minoans thrived on the Greek isle of Crete from 2000 to 1100 BC. The remains of their palace and the joyful ...

It is not often that a museum plays a leading role in one of its own shows, but that is the case with Oxford’s Ashmolean: for its new exhibition of Minoan archaeology and artefacts the museum has dug ...

Workers installing a radar system ahead of an airport construction project in the town of Kastelli in Crete stumbled on a large architectural monument, one unique for Minoan archaeology. Located at ...

Provenance is one of the most pressing concerns in the world of antiquities. But an upcoming exhibit of Minoan art circumvents that topic. More than 280 artifacts are coming straight from Greece to ...

The opening ceremony of a special exhibition on Minoan civilization in Greece was held on Monday at the Palace Museum in Beijing. The exhibition, named "Daedalus: Legends of Crete," brings together ...

The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to be a ...

The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which ...

What’s the ancient equivalent of today’s iconic plastic red Solo cup, beloved at frat parties and picnics alike? It might be this disposable cup used to drink wine at feasts 3,500 years ago, which ...

The Minoan culture was the first highly complex society on modern European soil, with palaces, writing, stunning art – and even flushing toilets. The Minoans lived in the bronze age (circa 3000-1200BC ...

The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests. The conclusion, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn by ...