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365 Anno Domini – The Faint Echoes of a Dead Atlantis

2021-03-10 by Phil Butler

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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.

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Crete’s Stunning New Archaeological Museum of Mesara Opens

2020-01-26 by Phil Butler

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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

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