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 ...

Minoan Bull Leaper (made around 3,500 years ... Evans was eager to reconstruct the role that the animals might have played in the island's economic and ceremonial life, so he was particularly ...

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