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What If the Secrets of Keftiu Could Rescue Humanity’s Future?

2022-01-26 by Phil Butler

Saffron Goddess

We must look into our past, perhaps at the mysterious Keftiu, to search for the ideal path for our society.

Tags: archaeology, archeology, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Bronze Age Empires, crete, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Jan Driessen, George Santayana, history, Islands of the Winds, Jan Driessen, Keftiu, Keftiu people, Metaphysical naturalism, Minoan Empire, philosophy, Thalassocracy, The Keftiu, Utopia, world in crisis

Knossos Curator and British School Offer Unique Pottery Course

2019-01-08 by Phil Butler

BSA

Coming up in Heraklion, April 5th through 17th, 2019, the British School at Athens will offer the Prehistoric, Greek and Roman Pottery Course, a unique opportunity for hands-on experience in the field of archeology.

Tags: ancient pottery, archeology, archeology courses, British School, British School at Athens, Bronze Age, BSA, classes, Dr. Kostis S. Christakis, Fitch Laboratory, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Knossos, Knossos Curator, Minoan pottery, Minoans, pottery, UCL Institute of Archaeology

The Black Sea Gives Up 2,400-Year-Old Shipwreck

2018-12-03 by Aleksandr Shatskih

MAP Shipwreck

A research team made up of British and Bulgarian scientists from the Black Sea Maritime Archaeological Project (MAP) announced in October their discovery of the oldest intact shipwreck ever discovered.

Tags: ancient shipwreck, archeology, Black Sea, Black Sea wreck, Bulgaria, map, shipwreck

Greek Archeologists Find the Lost City of Tenea in the Peloponese

2018-11-14 by Phil Butler

Tenea statue

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has announced what’s being called a “monumental find,” as excavators unearth a site identified as the fabled city of Tenea in southern Greece.

Tags: Agamemmnon, Ancient Greece, Ancient Tenea, archeology, Corinth, culture, Elena Korka, Greek antiquity, Greek culture, Tenea, Teneans, Trojan War, Trojans, Trojas

Pirated Bulgarian Artifacts Go on Display in Sofia’s Archeology Museum

2018-11-08 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Bulgaria

Stolen artifacts rescued from black marketeers in Bulgaria are now on display at Sofia’s archaeological museum.

Tags: archaeological museum, archeology, artifact, Bulgaira, Bulgaria art, Bulgarian history, Sofia, Sophia, Thrace, Thracian

Archeologists Report Huge Neolithic Find in Albania

2018-10-04 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Illyria

Archaeologists in Korca in the southeast of Albania have unearthed one of the largest ancient cemeteries in Albania. In Turan, which sits in an agricultural valley surrounded by the Morava Mountains, excavations reveal 1,000 or more layered burials.

Tags: Albania prehistory, Albania sites, archeology, Gentius, Illyrians, Korca, Morava Mountains, Turan site

The Truth of Knossos: Discovering What the Eteocretans Knew

2014-08-09 by Phil Butler

Knossos outside Heraklion

Entering the site at Knossos for the first time, I was immediately captivated by an unexpected experience. The 70s-ish architecture in the welcome area outside the palace, these too spoke to me from a special place. Knossos, you see, it’s one of those sites one cannot forget, but for mysterious reasons. Let me show you a bit of one of Greece and Crete’s most underestimated treasures, the lost and found Palace of the Minoan civilization.

Tags: archeology, crete, Crete attractions, Crete sites, Eteocretans, Heraklion sites, Knossos, Minoans, Royal Road

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Stories of Interest

Crete Car Rental Market

Crete Accounts for 18.1% of Greece’s Car Rental Market

2026-10-15 By Kostas Raptis

Crete has Greece’s second-largest short-term car rental market, as tourists increasingly rent vehicles to explore beaches, villages, and mountain routes.

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Strong October Finishes Robust Tourism Season in Crete

2026-10-15 By Arthur Butler

Cretan hotels report 80-90% occupancy in October as the tourism season extends through mid-November, supported by sustained flight connections and winter city demand.

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School Bus Tilts After Road Gives Way in Crete’s Agia Marina

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Students were safely evacuated after a school bus tilted on a washed-out road in Malevizi, prompting essential driving safety advice for visitors on Crete’s roads.

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Rethymno Boosts Flood Preparedness with New Weather Stations, River Monitors, and Dam Management Plans

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Rethymno is expanding weather and river monitoring, clearing waterways and strengthening emergency planning ahead of extreme winter weather.

Historic Former War Museum Collapses

Part of Former Chania War Museum Collapses, No People Found Under Rubble

2026-10-15 By Iorgos Pappas

Emergency teams and EMAK units respond to a major building collapse at Chania’s former War Museum, confirming no individuals were trapped in the rubble.

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