Mediterranean Sea Cultures

The heart of western civilization was the Mediterranean Sea, and not just the Greeks; here are a selection of archaeological sites and assorted topics on this most ancient mother of waters.

Morocco Culture History
The archaeological sites and other cultural resources of the north African country of Morocco.

A Guide to the Antiquities of Kyrenia
An on-line travelogue by geologist William Dreghorn.

Aegean Cultures
The term Aegean Cultures refers to the Bronze Age civilizations (ca 3100-1100 BC) which were located on islands in or near the Aegean sea.

Crete in Pictures
A collection of very nice photographs of archaeological ruins on the island of Crete, from Ian Swindale.

Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute
CAARI is a research institute on archaeological work in Cyprus, and the site is a clearing house for information on the various studies.

Destination: Malta Tombs
Number 3 on our list of all-time great Megalithic sites to visit is the Mediterranean Islands of Malta and Gozo, colonized by the Neolithic farmers around 4000 BC.

In the Footsteps of Aeneas
From Archaeology magazine and Richard Hodges, a visit to the Greek and Roman port of Buthrotum in southern Albania, now known as Butrint.

Minoan Crete
Ian Swindale's homage to Bronze Age Crete, this site has photographs of 22 sites on Crete and the artifacts found there, in addition to a brief description of the archaeology..

Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
A comprehensive study from Dartmouth University. If you do nothing else on this page, look at this site.

Otomani Culture
The Otomani culture was a group of Bronze age settlements in the Carpathian basin in the early 2nd millennium BC.

Samnite Culture
The Samnite culture is one of several ethnic groups in the Roman empire, originating from the Samnium region, roughly encompassing the Sangro Valley region of the Abruzzo in Italy.

Sea Peoples
Sometime in the late 13th or early 12th centuries BC a loose confederation of people from the Mediterranean Sea caused attacked and caused great havoc throughout the Mediterranean: the Sea Peoples.

Stentinello culture
Stentinello culture is the name given to a Neolithic site and related sites in the Calabria region of Italy, Sicily and Malta, dated to the 5th and 4th millennia BC.

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