Researchers digitally reconstructed the skull of the ancient Hippopotamus creutzburgi, an extinct dwarf hippo of the Greek ...

That's why I'm thrilled to share this ultimate Crete tour presented by Peter Sommer Travel that combines archaeology, nature, ...

The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a must-see in Crete — and all of Greece, even — for its extensive collection of Minoan art. Highlights include a mini-statue of a Snake Goddess and the ...

Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek civilization, archaeological study of its culture is relatively recent. Some of the earliest traces of a powerful, Bronze Age civilization were ...

Since then, it has become the biggest tourist draw on Crete. Knossos is located about ... into both the Palace of Knossos and the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Sailing Cruise to Dia Island ...

John Bennet was born in Singapore and grew up in the UK, in Yorkshire. He read Classics at Cambridge, where he also completed his PhD on the administrative organization of Late Minoan II–IIIB Crete ...

There I built on the work of J. Riley, R. Jones and others, demonstrating the potential of ceramic petrography in the characterisation of coarse ware production in Minoan Crete. After this grounding, ...

Since 2002, I have been involved in archaeological work at the Late Roman site of Kourion on Cyprus. From 2005-2010 I served as one of the principal investigators on the Galatas Survey Project, a ...

So if you like interspersing sugar-white beaches with archaeological sites and wine tastings, very few islands in the world will rival what Crete has to offer. Here, our guide to its four major ...

Nico’s main field of research is Aegean Bronze Age archaeology, especially Minoan Crete. Her research interests include mainstream archaeological work (e.g. archaeological field-work and the study of ...