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British Offer to “Loan” Greece the Elgin Marbles

2022-08-02 by Phil Butler

Elgin Marbles

In a gesture of uncommon magnanimity, the British Museum has offered to loan Greece the pirated Parthenon Marbles.

Tags: ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, British Museum, Bronze Head from Ife, Elgin Marbles, Greece antiquity, Greece heirlooms, Greece legacy, Greek archaeology, Henry Christy, Jonathan Williams, Nazi archaeology, Parthenon marbles, Rosetta Stone, Waddesdon Bequest associated with the Rothschilds

On the Trail of the Eternal: The Secrets of the Minoans

2019-08-29 by Phil Butler

Crete and Zeus

The continuing saga of the magnificent tapestry of humanity woven within the secrets of the Minoans. Part of a series by Argophilia.

Tags: ancient texts, Arthur Evans, Aryan Race, British School at Athens, crete, Dr. Joseph MacGillivray, esoteric beliefs, Gaia, Gaia goddess, God quest, Homer, Ilse Schoep, Itar, Knossos, Knossos Temple, La Marle, Linear A, MacGillivray, Minoan beliefs, Minoan mantras, Minoan Mysteries, Minoan religion, Minoans, Nazi archaeology, religion, Rhea, Zakros, Zeus, Zoroaster

The Mystery of the Eteocretans – Gatekeepers of Crete’s Hidden Past

2019-08-19 by Phil Butler

Bull leaping fresco

Homer’s Odyssey tells of the hero Odysseus visiting Crete on his return home. The tale also tells of the unsolved mystery of the Eteocretans.

Tags: August Schoergendorfer, crete, Dorians, Eteocretans, Henri van Effenterre, Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Hitler, Knossos, Kydones, Linear A, Major General Julius Ringe, master race, Minoan, Minoan Civilization, Minoan treasures, Minoans, Nazi archaeology, Nazi mysticism, Odysseus, Phaistos disc

The Mystery of Monastiraki: A Search for the Most Sacred

2018-02-17 by Phil Butler

King Minos

On the island of Crete many mysteries wait patiently their discovery. One place that comes to mind when I think of misunderstood Minoan Crete is the site of Monastiraki, what was probably a palace overlooking the Amari Valley, south east of Rethymno.

Tags: Akhenaten, Akhenaten: Son Of The Sun, Aravanes Tavern, Caphtor, Cretan legends, Hagia Triada, Hagia Triada sarcophagus, Hitler, Hitler's Archaeologists, Indiana Jones, J. D. S. Pendlebury, Keftiu, Knossos, Minoan Crete, Monastiraki, Moyra Caldecott, Nazi archaeology, Neferneferuaten Nefertiti, parallel dimensions, Phaistos, the gods, the underworld

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Plastira Street in Chania Faces Two Weeks of Intense Resurfacing

2025-05-12 By Manuel Santos

Plastira Street in Chania will undergo major repaving starting May 12, 2025. Expect these works to last about 15 days.

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Flood Waters Give A Temporary Lifeline to Aposelemis Dam

2025-05-12 By Iorgos Pappas

Flood waters from the Lasithi Plateau have pushed over one million cubic meters into the Aposelemis Dam, providing a short-term water boost, says OAK Director Aris Papadogiannis.

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Sfakia Finds Its Place on the International Speleological Map

2025-05-12 By Mihaela Lica Butler

Before Sfakia’s rise as a speleological hotspot, most headlines about the region involved goats, legends, and the occasional sheep with an attitude problem. But nothing puts a mountain village on the map—literally like a spot on the international speleological map—quite like the discovery of a vast underground abyss filled with secrets, mud, and the kind […]

PASOK-KINAL President Nikos Androulakis visited Arkalochori to expose the still-grim conditions of Arkalochori earthquake victims.

Arkalochori Earthquake Victims Left in Limbo Years After Disaster

2025-05-11 By Victoria Udrea

PASOK-KINAL President Nikos Androulakis visited Arkalochori to expose the still-grim conditions of Arkalochori earthquake victims.

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€1.7 Million for Kalokairinou Avenue’s Makeover

2025-05-10 By Iorgos Pappas

Heraklion’s Mayor Alexis Kalokairinos confirmed a €1.7 million renovation of Kalokairinou Avenue under the “Crete 2021-2027” program.

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