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

All artifacts (spanning some 5,000 years of history) in this museum were excavated exclusively from archaeological sites in Crete. You'll find this museum (also known as the Archaeological Museum ...

The site was restored extensively by the famous archaeologist Arthur Evans in the early 1900s. Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about 3 miles south ...

If you are lucky enough to visit Greece in spring, you’ll find many of the country’s beloved destinations transformed into ...

Thanks to all of this history, Crete is home to some of Greece’s best historical and archaeological sites, as well as ...

An island that’s famed for its food, archaeological sites and captivating culture, Crete stretches some 300 kilometres from ...