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Lost Pavlopetri, the Mysterious Pelasgians, and Minoan Language

2020-02-16 by Phil Butler

Pavlopetri

Situated just off the Peloponnese coast of southern Laconia in the Peloponnese, the sunken city of Pavlopetri is one of the only clues that remains of the mysterious Pelasgians of Greek mythology. It is here that the legend of the mythical ruler Pelasgos still resonates loudest. It is here that divers may one day find Greece’s true origins. […]

Tags: Aegean civilizations, Aegean legends, Linear A, lost cities, Luwian, Minoan hyroglyphs, Minoans, Nicholas Flemming, Pavlopetri, Pelasgian Language, Pelasgians, sunken cities

Crete’s Ancient Sunken City of Olus Gives Up More Secrets

2020-02-07 by Phil Butler

Sunken city

Underwater excavations off Crete island are revealing more facts about the sunken city of Olous, off Elounda.

Tags: Agios Nikolaos, ancient Crete, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, archaeology, Crete antiquity, Crete archaeology, Elounda, Ierapetra, Ierapytna, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, Olus, sunken cities

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