Minoan Greece

Minoan Culture: Description and Timeline
The Minoan culture is the earliest of two Bronze Age cultures known on islands in the Aegean Sea which are considered precursors to classical Greece; the other is Mycenean.

Akrotiri (Greece)
The archaeological site of Akrotiri is the name given to a small Minoan settlement located on the volcanic island of Thera (or Santorini) in the Aegean Sea

Aptera (Crete)
The Minoan city of Aptera is located near the modern port city of Paleokastro on the island of Crete. This English language website from Nectarios Mavromatakis contains information about the site and its ongoing excavations.

Atlantis Destroyed?
Was the Minoan culture the basis for the Atlantis myth? A book by Rodney Castleden postulates just that. This book review comes with a specially designed crossword by your guide.

Bureaucrats and Barbarians: The Minoan Culture
From the tireless Richard Hooker, a set of pages on the history and culture of the Minoans.

Cycladic Culture
The Cycladic Culture is the term used to refer to the ancestral Greek culture of the Cycladic islands of the southern Aegean Sea

Karphi (Greece)
A Minoan village in the Lasithi mountains of Crete.

Knossos (Greece)
The location of Knossos, reported by Homer to be the site of the palace of the legendary King Minos, Daedalus, and the Labyrinth, is on the island of Crete.

Knossos - Palace of Mystery
About's guide to Greece for Visitors, deTraci Regula, gives some great advice on visiting Knossos.

Kommos (Greece)
Kommos was a major Minoan harbor located on the southern shore of Crete near the center of the island.

Minoan Art
A series of fine art photography on ceramics, sculpture and other artistic elements of the Minoan culture, from Rozmeri Basic at the University of Oklahoma.

Minoan Crete
Ian Swindale's website on the Minoan culture on Crete includes site descriptions of many important palaces, settlements, tombs and village sites, amply illustrated.

Minoan Crete
From the Metropolitan Museum of New York, a website dedicated to the exhibit of Minoan artifacts collected by Sir Arthur Evans during his investigations at Knossos.

Mochlos (Greece)
Mochlos is an island located off the north shore of Crete, with important Greek Bronze Age occupations, including Pre-Palatial through Neo-Palatial Minoan (3100-1425 BC), and Mycenaean (1400-1200 BC) occupations.

The Palace of Minos at Knossos: Ancient Crete
The Palace of Minos at Knossos is part of the Aegean culture known as Minoan, a Bronze Age civilization that flourished on the island of Crete during the second and third millennia B.C.

Vathypetro (Greece)
Vathypetro is the name of a small Minoan settlement located about 10 kilometers south of the palace at Knossos on the island of Crete.