Historians generally place this latter event in the mid-fifteenth century BC. It was at that time that the Mycenaeans conquered Minoan Crete. Since Crete is not far from Santorini, this raised the ...

The revelation that it was actively practiced in Ancient Minoan society was thus “a complete surprise to all of us and raises many questions”. Crete is the birthplace of Minoan society, a group of ...

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Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.

While visitors often beeline to the hotspot of Mykonos or the romantic island of Santorini, you can instead escape their high cost and crowds at the underrated Greek gem of Crete. Crete is the ...

Set on Crete, it was commissioned by King Minos and ... Cretan dishes focusing on traditional local flavours. Similarly, at Minoan Cretan Taverna, the focus is on home-grown dishes — a must ...

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Don’t miss the museum’s amazing frescoes of the women in their flounced skirts and beehive hairstyles, their delicately painted pottery, and images of the scantily clad acrobats, or “bull-leapers”, ...

Billed by Ridley as an all-road bike, it claims that the Grifn can do it all. The geometry is racy for an endurance bike but still allows you to fit 40mm tyres with a 1x groupset, and 38mm rubber ...