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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

Keftiu Myth As the Source of Both Legends and Facts

2021-10-24 by Phil Butler

Ritual at Knossos

Keftiu, or Caphtor to biblical scholars, may have been the source of many of our legends, and beliefs. What part of Keftiu myth is real?

Tags: Caphtor, Caphtorim, Crete legends, Curetes, Egyptology, Eteocretans, Flood Narrative, Hebrew Bible, Homer, J.D.S. Pendlebury, Karfi, Keftiu, Noah, Phillistines, Praisos, The Sea Peoples, Zeus myth

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

Ancient Theatre of Aptera Welcomes Audeinces Again

2018-09-11 by Phil Butler

Theatre of Aptera

The Ancient Theatre of Aptera resonated this summer with words and sounds from antiquity when actors and musicians took to the stage. Opened back in 2016 after partial excavations were completed, the theater welcomed an audience for the first time in seventeen centuries.  This past June the theater came alive once again with a dramatized narration […]

Tags: Antonis Myriagos, Aptera, Chania, Chania attractions, crete, Homer, Linear B, Odyssey, Theatre of Aptera

Odysseus’ Palace Archaeological Dig on Ithaca to Continue

2018-08-29 by Phil Butler

Ithaki

A visit to from Prime Minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras is cause for renewed enthusiasm over continued excavations at the Palace of Odysseus on the island of Ithaca (Ithaki).

Tags: Achilles, Alexis Tsipras, archaeological discovery, Homer, Ithaca, Ithaki, Odysseus, Palace of Odysseus, Thanassis Papadopoulos, Trojan War, Troy

Crete’s Nikos Igoumenidis on Tourism Trends for 2018

2018-05-22 by Phil Butler

Nikos Igoumenidis

A few days ago Argo News had the opportunity to discuss with Greek parliamentarian, Dr. Nikos Igoumenidis, the importance of emerging tourism trends and the necessary shift by all stakeholders.

Tags: agritoursim, crete, Crete 2018, Crete tours, Crete travel, Greece, Homer, Nikos Igoumenidis, sustainability, sustainable tourism

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