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Minoan Civilization

In Heraklion: Cities on Volcanoes 11 Summit Features World’s Top Experts

2022-06-15 by Phil Butler

Cities on Volcanoes 11

The Cities on Volcanoes 11 Conference is in Heraklion this week featuring some of the world’s foremost volcanologists.

Tags: COV11, Crete geology, Crete Island, Evi Nomikou, Heraklion events, International Conference of Vulcanologist, Keftiu, Minoan Civilization, Minoan destruction, Region of Crete, Santorini eruption, scientific conferences, volcanology

“Islands of the Winds” Exhibition Opens at Heraklion’s Venetian Fortress

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

Islands of the Winds

The “Islands of the winds. The nautical culture of the Prehistoric Aegean” exhibition opens at Koules Fortress on the harbor of Heraklion.

Tags: archaeology, crete, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Dr. Vasiliki Sythiakaki, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Golden Age, Heraklion Ephorate of Antiquities, Heraklion events, Heraklion exhibitions, Institute of Classical Archaeology Heidelberg University, Islands of the Winds, Kostas Phasoulakis, Koules Fortress, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Mrs. Stella Archontak, Region of Crete, sustainability, sustainable Earth, Thalassocracy, University of Heidelberg

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

Epigraphy Specialist Furthers Minoan Linear A Decipherment

2021-01-30 by Phil Butler

From Knossos

A Cambridge specialist in Mycenaean epigraphy has brought us one step closer to deciphering the language of the mysterious Minoans.

Tags: Aegean studies, Atlantis, Cambridge, Dr. Brent Davis, Ester Salgarella, iconography, Linear A, Linear B, Minoan Civilization, Minoan culture, Minoan history, Minoan language, Minoan research, Minoans, Phaestos disc, SigLaA

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

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