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365 Anno Domini – The Faint Echoes of a Dead Atlantis

2021-03-10 by Phil Butler

Atlantis

An earthquake in 365 A.D. destroyed every city in Crete. It was the telltale echo of a much more devastating event nearly 2,000 years before.

Tags: 365 A.D., Akrotiri, An earthquake in 365 A.D. destroyed every city in Crete. It was the telltale echo of a much more devastating event nearly 2, ancient earthquakes, archaeological discovery, archaeology, Atlantis, crete, earthquakes, geology, Knossos, Kommos, Minoan Civilization, Minoan navy, Minoans, Mt. Juktas, Phaistos, Santorini, Temple of Anemospilia, The Minoans, Thera, Thera eruption, Thera tsunami

The Best Crete Beaches: Kommos on the Gulf of Mesara

2021-02-18 by Phil Butler

One of our favorite places on Crete is the area around amazing Kommos Beach (or Komos) where few tourists visit.

Tags: beaches, Bunga Bunga, Cretan Beaches, Crete beaches, Crete destinations, famous beaches, Gulf of Mesara, Heraklion, Heraklion beaches, Heraklion prefecture, Hidden Crete, Kalamaki, Kommos, Kommos Beach, Kommos Palace, matala, Minoan archaeology, Minoan sites, Minoans, secluded beaches

The Latest Stunning Hashtag #creteisland Instagram Shares

2020-09-21 by Phil Butler

Agia Pelagia Bay

This week the best Instagram shares from Crete include not just locals, Crete businesses, but visitors to the paradise island as well.

Tags: #creteisland, Agia Pelagia, crete, IFBB Bikini Athlete, Janine Lewis, Kedrodasos Beach, Kommos, Kommos Beach, Peninsula Resort & Spa, Samaria Gorge, Tsoutsouros

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

Last Battle of the Minoans: Crete’s Bid for UNESCO Recognition

2019-02-08 by Phil Butler

Sarpedon

A pitched battle is being waged over the inclusion of ancient Minoan palaces as UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Tags: Crete archaeology, Crete sites, Galatas, Greece, Heraklion, Heraklion Museum, Knossos, Kommos, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Myrsini Zorba, Nikos Igoumenidis, UNESCO, World heritage Sites

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




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