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December 4th the 20th Annual “Minoan Feat” Long Distance Races Start

2022-12-03 by Phil Butler

Association of marathon runners, Crete-IKAROS

December 4th, the Region of Crete hosts the 20th “Minoan Feat” long-distance footrace from Phaistos to the Minoan Palace of Knossos. 

Tags: Crete atheletics, Crete in Winter, Crete sports, cross-country, cycling, cycling events, Faistos, Greece events, Knossos Palace, long distance races, Marathons, Minoan Feat, Phaistos, running

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

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 Last Priest of Poseidon

2020-02-14 by Phil Butler

The Course of Empire

For Plato the island of Atlantis was Poseidon’s domain. Here on Crete the gods are still at play.

Tags: Amnissos, ancient Crete, antiquity, crete, gods, Greek gods, Greek myths, Halicarnassus, Knossos, Korinthos, Minoan gods, Minoan myths, myths, Phaistos, Philistos, Poseidon, priests

Discovering Itanos: A Search for a Lost Minoan Palace

2019-10-28 by Phil Butler

Ruined Itanos

At the far eastern corner of Crete Island, an amazing prehistoric city once existed. Visiting the ruins left at Itanos once gets the sense of lost time, and of the powerful and prosperous people who once lived there. Ancient Itanos was one of the strongest cities in Crete, but little is known of the ancient […]

Tags: Cape Goudouras, Cape Sidero, Cretan Kouretes, crete, Crete archaeology, Crete legends, Crete tsunami, Early Minoan I, F.O.R.T.H., Hellenistic Itanos, Itanos, Itanos Minoan Palace, Itanos palace, Itanos ruines, Knossos, Kritikakis Georgios, Malia, Minoan Civilization, Minoan Itanos, Neolithic Crete, Paleakastro, Phaistos, Poulioudis George, Protopalatial, Sarris Apostolos, Sitia, Thera eruption, Thera tsunami, Vafidis Antonios, Zakros Palace

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