Researchers from the Knossos Urban Landscape Project have made a sizable discovery: During the early Iron Age, the ancient city of Knossos was around three times larger than researchers had originally ...

Artefacts have been discovered from the ancient Greek city of Knossos dating back to around 1100 BC, suggesting the city was bigger and richer at this time than previously believed. They also reveal ...

Turns out the discovery of the Palace of Knossos is just the beginning—the ancient city is three times the size archaeologists suspected. Corbis Surrounded by turquoise waters and smiled upon by a ...

The language of a tiny, engraved ring, unearthed on the island of Crete, has teased and perplexed scholars for more than a century. It also gives us a sense of the unique people who made it. The name ...

An ancient Aegean city not only recovered but also flourished following the collapse of the Bronze Age, a new study shows. Recent fieldwork at the ancient city of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete ...

British School at Athens Studies, Vol. 12, KNOSSOS: PALACE, CITY, STATE (2004), pp. 329-338 (10 pages) I believe that the Cretans in the palatial period adapted the calendars developed much earlier ...

A labyrinth of massive columns and beautiful frescoes, the Palace of Knossos is a testament to the sophistication of the Minoan civilization that disappeared sometime in the 14th century. According to ...