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Minoans

Minoan Koumasa Site Open to Visitors Sunday, September 9

2022-09-09 by Phil Butler

koumasa cemetery

The Crete archaeological site of Minoan Koumasa will be open for visitors of all ages on Sunday, September 9, from 5 to 7 pm

Tags: archaeology, Diamantis Panagiotopoulos, Early Minoan, Early Minoan Cemetery, Koumasa, Minoan palaces, Minoans

September 11th in Gazi: A Cretan Hound Registration and Evaluation

2022-08-25 by Phil Butler

Cretan Hound

September 11th, Cretan Hound owners and breeders will register and present for morphology the living legend.

Tags: Cretan dog, Cretan Hound, Cretan Hound Club, Dog trials, Gazi, hunting dogs, Keftiu, Kennel Club of Greece, Kritikos Ichnilatis, Kritikos Lagonikos, Minoans

“Tony the Pony” and the Eikonikos Equestrian Dream

2022-08-11 by Phil Butler

Tony the Pony

Unlikely heroes emanate from essential traditions. This equestrian story reveals many truths we’ve forgotten. And of course, Tony the Pony.

Tags: animism, Crete athletes, Crete sports, Crete stories, Crete traditions, Dimitra Eleni Pantechaki, Equestrian, Evangelos Grammatikakis, FEI World Equestrian Games, Grammatikakis, Greek equestrians, Hellenic Equestrian Federation, Heroes for today, horse traditions, Keftiu, Marianna Grammatikaki, Michalis Kalarakis, Minoans, Para-Dressage, Riding Academy of Crete, Tony the Pony, WEG, World Equestrian Games

The Knossos Research Centre Summer Lectures 2022 Schedule

2022-06-06 by Phil Butler

Knossos Research Centre

A series of Summer lectures beginning this month at Crete’s Knossos Research Center begins this month, discussing facets of Hellenic history.

Tags: Amanda Kelly, British School at Athens, crete, Dr. Kleanthis Sidiropoulos, Greece, Greece tourism, Keftiu, Knossos, Knossos Curator, Knossos Palace, Kostis Christakis, Minoans, Valasia Isaakidou

Stories From Keftiu: The Rhadamanthys Precedent

2021-11-02 by Phil Butler

Statuette of a snake goddess

A first in a series of stories (chapters) from the myth and reality of the land the ancients called Keftiu.

Tags: Garden of Eden, Ioannis Liapakis, Kallia Mercoulidi, Keftiu, Keftiu goddess, Keftiu Precedent, Knossos, Knossos II, Manolis Liapakis, Minas Liapakis, Minoan goddess, Minoans, Minos, Phaistos, Rhea, Snake Goddess

Powerful 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Palekastro in Crete

2021-10-12 by Phil Butler

Palekastro Earthquake

A 6.4 magnitude quake strikes Crete island at 12:24 PM local time just outside the ancient town of Palekastro, in the far-east of the island.

Tags: Arkaolochori, Crete disasters, Crete earthquake, Greece earthquake, Minoans, Palekastro, Palekastro Crete, Palekastro quake, USGS

Greek Culture Ministry Celebrates August Full Moon With Free Admissions

2021-08-18 by Phil Butler

Odeon

Greece’s Ministry of Culture has announced special events and free admission to archaeological sites and museums for August Full Moon 2021.

Tags: Acropolis Museum, Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, August events, August in Greece, concerts, crete, Greece concerts, Greece full moon, Greece museums, Greek Culture Ministry, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture and Sports, Minoan palaces, Minoans, music, Tylissos

“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

The Keftiu Legend: When Peace Swayed All Creatures

2021-05-14 by Phil Butler

Keftiu gifts

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.

Tags: Amphitrite, animism, Apollo, Artemis, Atlantis, Britomartis, crete, Egyptian gods, Egyptian religion, Eileithyia, El Elyon, Greatest Kouros, Hathor, Hyksos sphinxes, Knossos, Minoan gods, Minoans, Palaekastro, Palaikastro Kouros, Potnia Theron, prehistory, Rhea, Tell el-Yahudiyeh, Thera, Zeus

Here’s Why You Must Visit Knossos When You Vacation on Crete

2021-05-03 by Mihaela Lica Butler

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

Tags: Ariadne, Daedalus, Europa, King Minos, Knossos, Knossos Palace, Minoans, Minos, Minotaur, Prince of the Lilies, Theseus, visit Knossos

Pieces of Crete: Sharing a Paradise Like No Other

2021-04-11 by Phil Butler

Chania

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

Tags: Chania, Cretan Sea, Crete beaches, Crete Island, Crete wonders, Gastonomy Crete, Georgiopouli, Knossos, Minoans, Mythos Palace Resort, Queens Room, Rethymno, Sfakia

Sissi Archaeological Project to Move Forward in 2021

2021-03-23 by Phil Butler

Sissi Archaeological Project

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

Tags: Aegean archaeology, Aegean history, Archaeological Institute of America, archaeology, Belgian School at Athens, Bronze Age, Crete archaeology, Gavin McGuire, INSTAP, Jan Driessen, Minoan Crete, Minoans, Rosemarie McGuire, Sarpedon, Sissi Archaeological Project, Sissi Village, Vrachasi Old School

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 Last Priest of Poseidon: Chapter One – The Gate

2021-02-07 by Phil Butler

Secret falls

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.

Tags: adventure tales, animism, Atlantis, book excerpts, Cretan landscapes, Crete airports, Crete legends, fantasy, Fantasy Crete, Gates of Hades, goddess worship, Markos Skordalakis -, Minoan goddess, Minoan myths, Minoans, Poseidon, Thalori Retreat, time portals

Tsoutsouras: A Cretan Experience No Legend Can Capture

2021-01-31 by Phil Butler

Tsoutsouras

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

Tags: Cretan legends, Eileithyia Cave, extraterrestials, Gorge of Mindris, Inatos, kouzoulada, Minoans, Minos, myths, South Crete, Tomb of Minos, Tsoutsouras, UFOs, Underworld

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

Excavating Minoan Ritual and Myth to Discover a Sustainable Future

2020-11-24 by Phil Butler

Saffron Priestesses

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

Tags: Alan A.D. Peatfield, animism ritual, Christine Morris, Crisis Cults on Minoan Crete, Diktaion Zeus, Dionysus cults, Dr. Erin McGowan, Dr. Jan Driessen, epiphanic postural images, ethnography, Hagia Triada sarcophagus, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Jan Driessen, John Pendlebury, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Minoan rituals, Minoan Thalassocracy, Minoan Theater, Minoans, Shamanism, Thalassocracy, Universal Shamanism, Zoe Helene

Does the Quest to Find Eden Begin and End on Crete?

2020-11-16 by Phil Butler

Expulsion from Eden

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

Tags: Aegean history, Akhenaten, Amarna, Amenhotep III, ancient mariners, Asphendou Cave, Aten, Atlantis, bigpeds, crete, Crete Island, early man, first humanoids, Gerard D. Gierliński, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Marcus van der Erve, Mediterranean, Messinian Salinity Crisis, Minoan seafaring, Minoans, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, Olmecs, Paleolithic art, Plakias Crete, Pleistocene, pre-humans, prehistoric Crete, stone tools, Thomas Strasser, Trachilos footprints

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