The Greek hero Theseus slays the minotaur in this 6th-century depiction on pottery. The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research ...

Numerous customs and cultural practices of the Minoan civilization from Crete have been preserved through the Christian ...

Ancient Underwater Minoan City Discovered Off Crete's Coast Sheds New Light on Early Civilization - A comprehensive travel ...

The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests. The conclusion, published today (May 14) in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn ...

The opening ceremony of a special exhibition on Minoan civilization in Greece was held on Monday at the Palace Museum in Beijing. The exhibition, named "Daedalus: Legends of Crete," brings together ...

The ancient Minoans%2C Europe%27s first civilization%2C vanished from Crete around 1%2C600 B.C. A study of ancient DNA reveals the Minoans probably originated from Stone Age European settlers ...

The rare ancient tomb of a wealthy Minoan woman has been discovered at a monumental archaeological complex on the Greek island of Crete. The cist grave—a small, coffin-like grave built using ...

The civilization made famous by the myth of the Minotaur was as warlike as their bull-headed mascot, new research suggests. The ancient people of Crete, also known as Minoan, were once thought to be a ...

The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests. The conclusion, published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn by ...