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Akhenaten

Does the Quest to Find Eden Begin and End on Crete?

2020-11-16 by Phil Butler

Expulsion from Eden

Crete has a deep and mysterious history that may never be unravelled. That is, unless we pursue from varied angles.

Tags: Aegean history, Akhenaten, Amarna, Amenhotep III, ancient mariners, Asphendou Cave, Aten, Atlantis, bigpeds, crete, Crete Island, early man, first humanoids, Gerard D. Gierliński, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Marcus van der Erve, Mediterranean, Messinian Salinity Crisis, Minoan seafaring, Minoans, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, Olmecs, Paleolithic art, Plakias Crete, Pleistocene, pre-humans, prehistoric Crete, stone tools, Thomas Strasser, Trachilos footprints

King Sarpedon and Rumors of Empires Lost and Won

2019-11-23 by Phil Butler

Sea People

Scholars unveil more and more to help us understand antiquity. But our legacy remains in the ethereal playground of King Sarpedon.

Tags: Akhenaten, archaeology, Cherethites, Crete legends, Eteocretans, Idaea, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Karfi, Knossos, Kuretes, Lukka, Lycia, Lycians, Malia, Malia Palace, Minoans, Minos, Mt. Ida, Mycenae, Mycenean, Pindar, Rhadamanthus, Sarpedon, Sea People, Teucer, Troy

The Mystery of Monastiraki: A Search for the Most Sacred

2018-02-17 by Phil Butler

King Minos

On the island of Crete many mysteries wait patiently their discovery. One place that comes to mind when I think of misunderstood Minoan Crete is the site of Monastiraki, what was probably a palace overlooking the Amari Valley, south east of Rethymno.

Tags: Akhenaten, Akhenaten: Son Of The Sun, Aravanes Tavern, Caphtor, Cretan legends, Hagia Triada, Hagia Triada sarcophagus, Hitler, Hitler's Archaeologists, Indiana Jones, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Keftiu, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Monastiraki, Moyra Caldecott, Nazi archaeology, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, parallel dimensions, Phaistos, the gods, the underworld

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