On the left, a Mycenaean fresco of two women on a chariot and, on the right, a Minoan fresco of a woman. Credit: Public Domain / Heraklion Archaeological Museum / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons The ...

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Headquartered at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, United States Army Forces Command consists of more than 750,000 Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard soldiers. FORSCOM is the ...

Minoan Women. Ancient Minoan Marriage Rules Allowed First Cousin Marriages. Credit: Cavort, CC-BY-SA-2.0 / Wikimedia Commons A recent DNA analysis of ancient Minoan genomes show that the choice of ...

History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

Matala, a quiet beach village on the Greek island of Crete, became an international hangout for the flower children of the ...

Earthquakes wreaking havoc on Santorini could last for months, seismologists have warned, as fears mount for tourist season ...

Santorini was shaped by the earlier Minoan eruption in 1600 B.C., which was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history, according to Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth ...

Legends of lost continents have always been fascinating and mysterious. They are full of stories about once majestic civilizations that disappeared under the water or were destroyed by cataclysms.

Santorini is also the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human history. Known as the Minoan eruption, it occurred around 1,600 B.C. and destroyed much of the formerly round island.