The palace at Phaistos
Controlling the Messara Plain
At Phaistos, near Crete’s southern coast, on a hill overlooking the Messara Plain, are the impressive remains of a large Minoan palace.
Horns of Consecration
A closer look at a Minoan symbol
When he excavated Knossos, Arthur Evans happened across artefacts that he believed were stylized horns of a sacred bull. Was he correct?
Home of the Minotaur
The palace at Knossos
The second most popular archaeological site in Greece, Knossos features impressive remains of a Bronze-Age Minoan “palace”.
The island of Minos
Crete in the Bronze Age
Crete is the largest island in the Aegean Sea and dotted with archaeological sites, including many that date back to the Bronze Age.