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Blood of God: The Legacy of the Golden Cretan Son

2020-12-10 by Phil Butler

Stelios Kanakis

A man in Crete has a dream, to revive an ancient culture of excellence and grow a new extra virgin olive oil legacy.

Tags: Crete Agriculture, Crete agrotourism, EVOO, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Galatas Pediada, Galatas village, Giorgos Rethemiotakis, Heraklion prefecture, Knossos, Kostis Christakis, liquid gold, Minoan rituals, Minoan seals, olive growers, olive oil school, Olive Oil University Crete, olive tree, Sacred Rituals, Stelios Kanakis, virgin olive oil

A Workable Vision of Minoan Greatness Reborn on Crete Island

2020-10-18 by Phil Butler

Galatas River Valley

I woke this morning with the afterglow of an unknown face burned into my cerebral cortex. Stirred from a lucid dream by the rare sound of barking by my Cretan Hound Mojito, I tried hard to recall the vivid imagery of dreamy fantasy. In the dream, a man dressed scantily in typical Minoan fashion stood […]

Tags: agriculture, agrotourism, Cretan olive oil, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete gastronomy, Crete Region, culinary tourism, EU, Galatas Palace, Galatas temple, Galatas village, George Rethemiotakis, Greece industries, Green tourism, green travel, Heraklion prefecture, Kostis Christakis, Minaon Civilization, Minas Liapakis, olive oil industry, olive oil standards, Stelios Kanakis, world olive oils

The Spiritual Secrets of Arkalochori Cave

2020-03-28 by Phil Butler

Hall of the Double Axes

The cave of Arkalochori on Crete held precious votive objects that revealed the belief system of one of humaity’s greatest civiliations.

Tags: Arkalochori, Arkalochori Cave, Canaan, Elias, Galatas, Galatas Palace, George Rethemiotakis, Israel, Israelites, Knossos, Kostis Christaki, Minoans, Philistines, prehistory, Prophet Elias, Tel Kabri

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

Join Thrapsano’s “Earth Water Fire” Exploration of Galatas Minoan Palace

2019-07-12 by Phil Butler

Galatas Palace

This evening the foremost authority on the Minoan Palace of Galatas will lead a tour of the site as part of the Earth Water Fire Festival.

Tags: British School at Athens, Centre for the Study of Modern Pottery, Cretan heritage, Dr. George Rethymiotaki, Earth Water Fire, Earth Water Fire Festival, Galatas, Galatas Palace, Greek heritage, Heraklion, Heraklion events, Inspectorate of Antiquities of Heraklio, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Palace of Galatas, Minoan pottery, Minoans, Municipality of Minoa Pediadas, Thrapsalano, Δήμος Μινώα Πεδιάδας




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