Minoans

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

2021-07-08 by Phil Butler

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

2021-05-14 by Phil Butler

Knowledge of the Keftiu, the place, and the people said to have been the “nail that held up the world,” may reveal the path humanity missed.

Ruins are ruins: old bricks, aged stonework, dry moss, and cracks. But, at Knossos the right mindset evokes the sublime.

2021-04-11 by Phil Butler

More Instagram shares from the mysterious and beautiful Crete island, a paradise like no other place in the world.

2021-03-23 by Phil Butler

The Sissi Archaeological Project moves forward in 2021 unearthing the secrets of the Minoans.

2021-03-10 by Phil Butler

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.

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.

2021-02-07 by Phil Butler

Is is said, that Keftiu, the island of the dead, hides a portal to the afterlife. The last priest of a god, tells a modern tale of adventure.

2021-01-31 by Phil Butler

In Tsoutsouras, in southern Crete, theres more legend, experiences, and myth than any tourist can take in.

2021-01-30 by Phil Butler

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

Knossos, the ancient seat of a peaceful empire, has lost none of its charm, mysticism, or power over the centuries.

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

The shift away from nature began when ancient society departed from the refined feminine dominated civilizations. There must be a way back…

2020-11-16 by Phil Butler

Crete has a deep and mysterious history that may never be unravelled. That is, unless we pursue from varied angles.

The recent torrential rains that damaged much of Crete flooded the ancient workshops excavated at the Minoan Palace at Malia.

2020-10-09 by Phil Butler

Crete, the legendary birthplace of the Greek god Zeus, is a top-five pick by Tripadvisor users for 2020. The island is a world within itself.