The city of Akrotiri on the island of Thera (modern-day Santorini) is one of the best preserved of these Minoan settlements. A volcanic eruption around the 16th century B.C. buried Akrotiri under ...

A few thousand years ago. Minoan culture emerges on the island of Crete and develops into one of the major maritime trading nations. The Minoan settlement of Akrotiri near Santorini is depicted in ...

How did Minoans gain their wealth? In ancient Minoan society, wealth was a standard of living. Trade was the source of wealth for them. Trade with Egypt and Syria was conducted through ships they ...

Archaeologists in Crete, Greece, uncovered the building techniques of the Minoan civilization of the Bronze Age Aegean.

Sarah Souli This fascinating archaeological site was first discovered in the late 1860s but its buildings date back to earlier than 17th century B.C. This former Minoan outpost, which, according ...