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The Keftiu: Were They Absorbed and Erased from History?

2022-11-19 by Phil Butler

Camp Stool Fresco

The Keftiu, modernized by Arthur Evans as “Minoan,” are still a mystery unsolved. What happened to them?

Tags: Aiakos, Arthur Evans, Atlantis, Bible studies, Caphtor, Caphtorim, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete Island, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Greek legends, Homer, Keftiu, Knossos, Legends of Keftiu, Linear A, Minotaur, Plato, Rhadamanthys, Talos, The Odyssey, Theseus, Tsoutsouras, Zeus legend

In Search of Keftiu: The Shimmery New Explanation

2021-09-19 by Phil Butler

Keftiu

A new theory about the people referred to as the “Keftiu” emerges. What if their level of control and access to their island was supreme?

Tags: Anubis, Anubis Shrine, Ark of the Covenant, Arthur Evans, Caphtorim, Cretan Hieroglyphs, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Jan Driessen, Evangelos Kynakidis, Evangelos Kyriakidis, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Kaptara, Keftiku, King David, Phaistos disc, Rekhmire, Sissi Archaeological Project, Tutankhamun

Knossos Impressions: Beneath the Ruined Columns of Paradise

2021-01-27 by Mihaela Lica Butler

Minoan Palace at Knossos

Knossos, the ancient seat of a peaceful empire, has lost none of its charm, mysticism, or power over the centuries.

Tags: Arthur Evans, crete, Crete attractions, Dolphin frescoe, Heraklion attractions, Knossos frescoes, Knossos Palace, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Mysteries, Minoans, Palace at Knossos, Prince of the Lilies, visit Knossos

Riddle of the Throne of Knossos: A Codec for Good and Evil

2019-12-10 by Phil Butler

The Giants

What you are about to read will hopefully shed new light on Knossos and those ancient inhabitants of Crete known as the Minoans.

Tags: Aloades Giants, Arthur Evans, Ashmolean Museum of Oxford, Cave of Zeus, Cronus, Elias Ashmole, Emile Gillerons, Horn of Viannos, Ioannis Asnastasakis, Knossos, Knossos Palace, Knossos Throne, Lassithi Plateau, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Crete, Piet De Jong, Poseidon, Zeus

Minoan End Times: A Look Into the Primordial Soup of the Gods

2019-11-16 by Phil Butler

Ritual at Knossos

A catastrophe of unimaginable devastation may have put an end to humanity’s brightest moment – the mysterious Minoan Civilization.

Tags: Amnissos, Amnissos Beach, Amnisus, Anna Bastakis, Arthur Evans, Atlantis, crete, Crete tsunami, Dr. Athanasia Kanta, Dr. George Rethemiotakis, Dr. Jan Driessen, Dr. Kostis Christakis, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Itanos, Knossos, Knossos Palace, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Theater, Minoan tsunami, Minos Kalokairinos, Palaikastro, Palaikastro Beach, Palaikastro Palace, Sissi, Sissi Archaeological Project, Villa of the Lillies

On the Trail of the Eternal: The Secrets of the Minoans

2019-08-29 by Phil Butler

Crete and Zeus

The continuing saga of the magnificent tapestry of humanity woven within the secrets of the Minoans. Part of a series by Argophilia.

Tags: ancient texts, Arthur Evans, Aryan Race, British School at Athens, crete, Dr. Joseph MacGillivray, esoteric beliefs, Gaia, Gaia goddess, God quest, Homer, Ilse Schoep, Itar, Knossos, Knossos Temple, La Marle, Linear A, MacGillivray, Minoan beliefs, Minoan mantras, Minoan Mysteries, Minoan religion, Minoans, Nazi archaeology, religion, Rhea, Zakros, Zeus, Zoroaster

John Pendlebury: The Legendary “Cretan Lawrence”

2018-03-08 by Phil Butler

Horns of Knossos

Known by locals for his humanity, humor, and bravado, John Pendlebury was also famous for his intimate knowledge of Crete, its people and language, acquired by total immersion in all things Cretan while engaged as curator of the Knossos archaeological projects outside Heraklion. 

Tags: archaeology, Arthur Evans, Battle of Crete, crete, Crete legends, H.M.S. York, history of Crete, John Pendlebury, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Nikolas Platon

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