1. Minoan Civilization on Crete
(Crete History/Articles)

... both evidently referring to Minoan Crete, are suggestive. Rather than give calendar dates for the Minoan period, archaeologists use two systems of relative chronology. The first, created by Evans and...

2. Phestos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

... the complexity of the structures was not dramatically increased during the rebuilding of the Neopalatial period. The raised processional walkway which traverses the western courtyard diagonally in t...

3. Chania
(Crete/Articles)

...avations in the district of Kasteli in the Old Town.  The city reemerged after the end of the Minoan period as an important city-state in Classical Greece era, one whose domain extended from Hani...

4. Knossos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...the 19th to 16th centuries BCE (during the 'Old Palace' and the succeeding 'Neo-palatial' periods), the settlement possessed not only a monumental administrative and religious center (...

5. Crete Music
(Crete/Articles)

... A.D. During these years the lyre stayed in Crete continuously; this means that the Arabic rebab of that period is morphologically the same as the lyre of Byzantium. 2)The lyre ‘arrived’ ...

6. Cretan Literature
(Crete/Articles)

...f a folk hero, whose pedigree was as brother to Digenis Acritas and Alexander the Great. The poets of the period of Cretan literature (15th-17th centuries) used the spoken Cretan dialect, freed of the...

7. Archaeological museum of Heraklion
(Places to visit on Crete/Museums of Crete)

... in Crete. The exhibiton of the museum is organized in chronological order, ranging from the Neolithic period to the Roman era (4th century A.D.) and geographically, according to the provenance of ...

8. Tylissos
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

Tylissos  The houses of Tylissos were built during the LM I period (16th-15th century B.C.) on Crete Greece. Additions were made on House A in the LM II (15th-14th century B.C.) and on House C du

9. Aptera
(Places to visit on Crete/Archaeological sites on Crete)

...ouda gulf, between the capes of Kyamos and Drepanos. The city was a very important trading centre of this period. The city had two ports at Kisamos. Some believe that these were west towards Kalyves a...

10. Museums of Crete
(Static Content)

...ves in Crete. The exhibiton of the museum is organized in chronological order, ranging from the Neolithic period to the Roman era (4th century A.D.) Historical Museum of Crete The ...