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Researchers Make Headway Untangling Crete’s Linear A Number System

2020-09-22 by Phil Butler

Linear A fragment

Scientists at the University of Bologna say they have finally begun to unravel part of the mysterious Linear A that has puzzled linguists and archaeologists for decades. In a statement released recently, the University’s professor of Aegean Philology, Dr. Silvia Ferrara says she and her colleagues conducted a new study of the 3,500-year-old Minoan system […]

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean civilizations, ancient languages, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan language, Minoan math, philology

Was the End of the Minoans the Will of the Gods?

2020-09-10 by Phil Butler

Poseidon

Were the Minoans the people Plato referred to as Atlanteans? What really happened to this bright Bronze Age civilization?

Tags: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, antiquity, Athanasia Kanta, Athena, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Bronze Age Crete, Crete tsunami, Dia Island, Evi Nomikou, Greek legends, J.D.S. Pendlebury, Jacques Cousteau, Jan Driessen, Kostis Christakis, legends, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Neita, oceanography, Plato, Santorini, Spyridon Marinatos, Sterling Dow, Thera, Thera eruption, Thera explosion, Thera tsunami, Volcanoes

An Appeal for Help: Professor Helena Tomas’ Life & Work Must Continue

2020-08-01 by Phil Butler

Dr. Helena Tomas

Dr. Helena Tomas, one of the world’s foremost archaeologists, needs our help with therapy following a catastrophic illness.

Tags: archaeology, Bronze Age, crete, famous archaeologists, GoFundMe, Greek antiquity, helping, illness, Linear A, Minoans, pandemic, Peter Sommer Travels, Professor Helena Tomas, University of Zagreb

Crete’s Stunning New Archaeological Museum of Mesara Opens

2020-01-26 by Phil Butler

Diamantis Panagiotopoulos

Crete’s Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis and other officials open the new Archaeological Museum of Mesara.

Tags: ancient shipbuilders, Bronze Age, Crete antiquity, Crete archaeology, Crete history, Crete museums, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Gortys, Islands of the Winds, Kommos, Kostis Christakis, Mesara, Minoan Civilization, Minoan navy, Minoan ship models, Minoan ships, Minoans, Nikos Igoumenidis, P&C Development S.A., Port of Zakros, Stavros Arnaoutakis, Vassiliki Sithiakaki

‘The Islands of the Winds’ Exhibition Comes to Archaeological Museum of Mesara

2020-01-18 by Phil Butler

January 25th the exhibition “The islands of the winds” oens at the New Archaeology Museum of Mesara in Gortys, on Crete.

Tags: Aegean navigation, Bronze Age, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Minoan archaeology, Minoan navy, Minoan ships, Minoans, Region of Crete, University of Heidelberg

More Rumors, Legends, and Myths of Crete

2020-01-02 by Phil Butler

Snake Goddess - Heraklion Achaeological Museum

One of the most interesting legends of Greece is the story of the daughter of one of the Cretan Curetes (Korybantes), that of Crete (Cres).

Tags: Ages of Man, Ammon, Ammon Ra, Bronze Age, Cinaethon of Sparta, Cres, crete, Eteocretans, Idaea, Kouretes, Kretan, meliae, Minoans, Rhea, Silver Age, Talos, Zeus

COSMOTE – National Geographic Documentary to Unveil Ancient Mystery

2019-11-19 by Phil Butler

Cambridge Keros Project

COSMOTE TV and National Geographic will soon embark on an exploration journey to unravel a 4,500-year-old mystery in the Aegean Sea.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient ports, Bronze Age, COSMOTE, Cycladic culture, Daskalio, Daskalio Islet, Keros, Keros Project, Minoans, National Geographic, Neolithic, pre-history

The Troy of Legend Now Thought to Be Much Older

2019-08-23 by Phil Butler

Troy Walls

Recent excavations at the ancient city Troy in Turkey’s northwestern Çanakkale province reveal a much older history than previously thought.

Tags: archaeology, Bronze Age, Heinrich Schliemann, Helen of Troy, Rustem Aslan, Sophia Schliemann, Trojan War, Troy, Turkey history, William Aylward

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

Archeologists Reveal 3D Model of the World’s Oldest Sunken City

2018-11-21 by Phil Butler

pavlopetri

Situated beneath the sea off the Peloponnesus region of southern Greece the small village of Pavlopetri dates back to some 5,000 years ago. Now an underwater archaeological site, the city is believed to be the oldest known submerged city in the world.

Tags: Ancient Greece, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Greece, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Iliad, Minoans, Pavlopetri, University of Nottingham

Leaders Aim to Preserve and Share Crete’s Kommos Palatial Site

2018-07-08 by Phil Butler

Ancient Kommos

Situated on a hilltop overlooking the Gulf of Messara in south-central Crete, the Minoan settlement of Kommos may reveal amazing secrets from the Bronze Age. However, as fabulous such new discoveries may be, the intersection of modern touristic products and the island’s heritage are brought into sharp focus today. With untold Minoan Civilization discoveries still unearthed, Crete’s beaches and other touristic offerings represent a real crisis dynamic and a public dilemma. The good news is, a new preservation and public access initiative by Heraklion parliamentarian Nikos Igoumenidis and Greece’s  Minister of Culture Lydia Koniordou may pave the way to remedying these cultural points of pain.

Tags: Agia Triada, Bronze Age, Gulf of Messara, Joseph Shaw, Kommos, Kommos Conservancy, Lydia Koniordou, Messara, Minoan Civilization, Nikos Ingoumenidis, Phaistos, Stavros Arnaoutakis

Did Researchers Just Discover Greece’s Ancient Brewmasters?

2018-02-09 by Laura Kohlenberger

Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery of interest to beer lovers. News that wine was not the first choice of the ancient Greeks during the Bronze Age may set archaeologists to searching for the beer god. 

Tags: Agrissa, Archaeobotany, Archondiko, beer, brewing, Bronze Age, Dionysis, Dionysus i, Tenenet

Akrotiri, Window Into the Bronze Age, Reopens

2012-04-12 by Phil Butler

Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri, Santorini

Seven years after the roof of Santorini’s Akrotiri archaeological site fell, killing a British tourist, the Bronze Age wonder has reopened to the public. This prehistoric town, called by many the “Pompeii of the Aegean”, was for centuries buried beneath tons of volcanic ash. On Wednesday, visitors were once again allowed in to see one of the world’s lost wonders.

Tags: Akrotiri, ancient civilizations, Ancient Greece, Atlantis, Bronze Age, Greece, Greece travel, Greek Islands, Minoans, Pompeii, prehistory, Robert Ballard, Santorini, Santorini tourism, Thera, Thera eruption




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