The great mystery of the Minoan Phaistos Disc has been "solved by 99 percent" says linguist and archaeologist Gareth Owens.

In 1950 the Santorini volcano experienced its last eruption, closing a cycle of volcanic activity that had begun in 1939.

Perhaps the inspiration for Atlantis, Minoan civilization born on the island of Crete spread throughout the Mediterranean before it mysteriously collapsed. Many myths and legends of Crete center ...

Evans later used the name “Minoan” to describe the civilization, a term that had first been employed by the German scholar Karl Hoeck in 1823 in his history of Crete. The well-preserved ...

It's now one of the highlights of the British Museum's Minoan collection ... us at once into the reality - but also the myth - of the history of Crete. It's thought to have come from Rethymnon ...

Coming up at: 21:58 Weather View full schedule Minoan Bull Leaper (made around ... at once into the reality - but also the myth - of the history of Crete. It's thought to have come from Rethymnon ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ... and it carries us at once into the reality - but also the myth - of the history of Crete. It's thought to have come from Rethymnon, a town on ...