Around 3,600 years ago, one of the strongest volcanic eruptions in the history of humanity occurred. Dating attempts range ...

The language of a tiny, engraved ring, unearthed on the island of Crete, has teased and perplexed scholars for more than a century. It also gives us a sense of the unique people who made it. The name ...

ANCIENT tablets penned by Europe’s first advanced civilisation appear to solve the mystery of how they were “wiped out”. The Minoans flourished between the years 2700BC and 1450BC – but evidence of ...

Disoveries of gate sanctuary from the Minoan period on Crete and a tomb dating from the time of Alexander the Great's father are seen as shedding important new light on Europe's oldest civilisation.

For 20 centuries and more, the legend of the lost Atlantis has had a powerful hold on the human imagination. In his dialogues, Plato described Atlantis as an island “confederation of marvelous power” ...