Pre-Indo-Europeans

It was discovered by George Hourmouziadis in 1993 in a Neolithic lake settlement in Northern Greece near the city of Kastoria

Scholars have long puzzled over the ancestry of the Minoans and Myceneans, two important Bronze Age cultures

The Netherlands Institute in Athens is hosting an exhibition that was shown last month at the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio on Crete, tracing the evolution of that staple utensil the conical cup.

Clothes designed by award-winning fashion and jewelry designer Sophia Kokosalaki were on display on Saturday at a two-day cultural event at the Archaeological Museum of Iraklio on the island of Crete exploring the influence of the ancient Minoan civilization on global contemporary design. The event, titled "Contemporary Minoans," included workshops with ancient craft techniques.

Swinger-themed holidays is a niche in the tourism industry that is has a “special” target group and is gaining in popularity. Dutch company “SDC” offers its clients erotic escapades all over the world, with Crete and the Aegean being one of the favourite destinations. Their site is promoting its new erotic packages for 2018 and Crete has a prominent place on the menu.

An analysis of ancient DNA has revealed that Ancient Minoans and Mycenaens were genetically similar with both peoples descending from early Neolithic farmers.
They likely migrated from Anatolia to Greece and Crete thousands of years prior to the Bronze Age. Modern Greeks, in turn, are largely descendants of the Mycenaeans, the study found.