Minoan Era
Ancient Greece
Ancient Skeleton and Stunning Necklace Unearthed on Greece’s Crete
An intact skeleton of a woman lying next to a stunning necklace and other important artifacts from the Early Minoan era (circa 2,600 BC), were unearthed recently at the archaeological site of Sisi on Crete.
Sisi, located in the prefecture...
Ancient Greece
New DNA Analysis Reveals Ancient Minoan Marriage Rules
New DNA analysis of ancient Minoan genomes show that the choice of marriage partners was determined by one's own kinship. First cousin marriages were not unusual to the Minoans of the Bronze Age.
A team of scientists from the Max...
Archaeology
Santorini Volcano Explosion Dates Changed: Piece of Olive Tree Found on Thirasia Changes Everything
The dating of a piece of olive tree found on Thirasia will move the dating of the eruption of Santorini's volcano a few decades later than current estimates, the Ministry of Culture and Sports said on Friday.
The wood was...
Ancient Greece
Another Clay Amphora With Human Bones at Ierapetra, Crete
A clay amphora containing human bones was found in the area of Gra Lygia, Ierapetra, in Crete. This is the second clay amphora with human remains found in the region after fragments of an amphora were washed ashore by the sea...
Archaeology
The "First CD-ROM" Phaistos Disc, Stores Prayer to Mother
The first ever CD-ROM, the infamous and enigmatic Phaistos Disc that was made 4,000 years before the development of computer science, is believed to have been unscrambled by researchers of the Technological Education Institute of Crete, Greece. According to Dr....