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New Data Shows Crete’s Humanoid Footprints Over 6 Million Years Old

Paleontologists find new dates for humanoid footprints on Crete at least 6 million years old, 350,000 years older than previously…

The Keftiu Legend: When Peace Swayed All Creatures

Knowledge of the Keftiu, the place, and the people said to have been the "nail that held up the world,"…

The Spiritual Secrets of Arkalochori Cave

The cave of Arkalochori on Crete held precious votive objects that revealed the belief system of one of humaity's greatest…

Greece’s Naxos Island May Have Been Inhabited 200,000 Years Ago

Neanderthals and early humans may have made it to the Greek island of Naxos, about 24 miles south of Mykonos,…

Akrotiri, Window Into the Bronze Age, Reopens

Seven years after the roof of Santorini's Akrotiri archaeological site fell, killing a British tourist, the Bronze Age wonder has…