December 4th, the Region of Crete hosts the 20th "Minoan Feat" long-distance footrace from Phaistos to the Minoan Palace of…

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

An earthquake in 365 A.D. destroyed every city in Crete. It was the telltale echo of a much more devastating…

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

At the far eastern corner of Crete Island, an amazing prehistoric city once existed. Visiting the ruins left at Itanos…

Today, the fate of some of the world’s most treasured Minoan landmarks is still mired in a European bureaucratic bog.

Situated on a hilltop overlooking the Gulf of Messara in south-central Crete, the Minoan settlement of Kommos may reveal amazing…

The legends and spiritual wonders of Crete may never be fully uncovered. Then again, when local peasants in 1883 discovered ancient votive…

On the island of Crete many mysteries wait patiently their discovery. One place that comes to mind when I think…

A story from ancient Karfi, a story of how the last Minoans may have lived and believed. Karfi was the…